You may have heard of hospital at home, but have you heard of bringing the home into the hospital?

Simulated home, or sim home, programs are designed to help patients and their caregivers transition from the hospital environment to their own living quarters.

Conducting training with loved ones is common practice before sending a child home from the hospital, especially in complex cases where there are medical devices and strict regimes involved. Sim home extends that idea beyond just education, giving patients an environment where they can adapt to a non-hospital living situation.

Sim home is not a brand-new concept, but it’s still relatively rare. It’s unclear exactly how many such programs exist across the US, though in 2023 Becker’s recognized 34 hospitals with strong educational and simulation programs for children and adults across the US.

Chief Nursing Officer Kristin LaRose played a big role in opening the 60-bed Maryland Heights-based Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital’s sim home environment, the first of its kind in Missouri. After launching last June, the program has already served five or six families, she told us.

Read more about these home at hospitals here.—CM

Welcome back to a special CES 2026 edition of AI 411, a monthly roundup of AI announcements from across the healthcare industry!

That’s right: We spent the last week in Las Vegas, exploring the 2.6 million square feet of exhibit floor at the Consumer Technology Association’s annual gathering. The trade organization estimated 148,000+ attendees in 2026—the largest CES since the pandemic began.

And as with most tech conferences these days, we couldn’t walk five feet without seeing or hearing something AI related.

In case you weren’t able to attend, here’s a short rundown of some notable AI-powered health tech that stood out to us.

Abbott. On Jan. 5, medical device maker Abbott announced a new feature for its FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology called Libre Assist. Libre Assist uses AI to predict how specific food choices will impact glucose and provide recommendations on how to keep glucose levels down. Another major CGM player, Dexcom, also gives users AI-powered advice through its own app.

See the full list here.—CC

As we head into 2026, the healthcare industry’s cybersecurity priorities for the new year are becoming clear—and they’re expected to focus on identity and AI.

We found in 2025 that exposure of personal data and information can lead to future attacks through leaks and social engineering. IT Brew and Healthcare Brew reported on how healthcare workers are the front line of cybersecurity defense—and often stressed about it.

At least some of those defenses seem to be working: Although attacks on the sector increased in 2024 by 9.4%—part of what the HIPAA Journal called “the worst-ever year in terms of breached healthcare records”—incursions declined in 2025, early data suggests. However, the healthcare data of tens of millions of US citizens is still being breached.

Keep reading on IT Brew.—EH

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