500M records exchanged through TEFCA, federal health IT office boasts / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - At the 2026 Annual Meeting for the health IT office at HHS, officials announced a massive spike in the number of health records shared through the government-backed TEFCA initiative. The number seems to reflect the heavy focus Trump's HHS has put on digit…
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Friday, February 13, 2026, 12:22 pm / permalink 19136 / 4 stories in 25 days
AI model reads brain MRIs in seconds, hitting up to 97.5% accuracy / Medical Express
medicalxpress - An AI-powered model developed at the University of Michigan can read a brain MRI and diagnose a person in seconds, a study suggests. The model detected neurological conditions with up to 97.5% accuracy and predicted how urgently a patient required treatme…
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Saturday, February 7, 2026, 3:21 am / permalink 18872 / 6 stories in 4 wks
Epic rolls out AI Charting tool / Beckers
Naomi Diaz / beckershospitalreview - Epic has rolled out AI Charting, a built-in tool that listens during patient visits and drafts clinicians’ notes and suggested orders in real time. The feature is part of Epic’s expanding set of AI capabilities built directly into its software, according …
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Novo Nordisk vows legal action to protect Wegovy pill / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Novo Nordisk said Thursday it would take legal action against a US chain offering a copycat of the new pill version of its Wegovy weight-loss drug.
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Thursday, February 5, 2026, 3:23 pm / permalink 18807 / 22 stories in 4 wks
Meditech founder and EHR innovator A. Neil Pappalardo dies at 83 / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - Pappalardo is considered a tech pioneer with a 56-year career that started when he founded electronic health record company Meditech in 1969, a company he steered to become one of the leading EHR companies.
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Monday, February 2, 2026, 12:22 am / permalink 18647 / 2 stories in 5 wks
Epic & Providers Sue Health Gorilla Over Alleged Data Exploitation / MedCity
Katie Adams / medcitynews - Epic Systems and several healthcare providers have sued Health Gorilla and other companies, alleging they exploited interoperability networks to improperly access and monetize nearly 300,000 patient medical records without consent.The post Epic & Provider…
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Monday, January 19, 2026, 3:21 am / permalink 18157 / 7 stories in 7 wks
#JPM26: Day 3 at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference / Endpoints
ENDPOINTS / endpoints - It’s Wednesday at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, and as the sessions wind down, we’ll be keeping an eye on presentations from WuXi AppTec and AbbVie. Yesterday afternoon, our Executive Editor Drew Armstrong spoke with ...
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Saturday, January 17, 2026, 7:21 pm / permalink 18138 / 28 stories in 7 wks
#JPM26: Day 1 at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference / Endpoints
ENDPOINTS / endpoints - It’s day 1 at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, and the mood heading into the week is one of cautious optimism. Biotech fundraising was off to a hot start in 2026. There ...
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Saturday, January 17, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 18125 / 9 stories in 7 wks