Samwise Healthcare IT Newsletter
Thursday, September 3, 2026
OpenAI, dozens of other firms, see ‘limited window’ to boost cyber defenses
OpenAI and approximately 120 other technology firms signed a letter warning of a ‘limited window’ to boost cyber defenses before AI changes the security landscape for healthcare and other critical infrastructure. The letter argues that hospitals and other operators have accumulated long-standing security weaknesses that urgently need to be addressed. Signatories, drawn from across the tech industry, contend that AI is shifting the cybersecurity calculus in ways that make inaction increasingly costly. The joint letter calls on healthcare organizations to treat legacy security gaps as a pressing priority rather than a deferred investment.
Sources: Healthcare IT News
ChatGPT for Healthcare unveils new integrations with Epic, public health data sources
OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Healthcare has unveiled new integrations with Epic and with public health data sources. The announcement places clinician-facing AI tools directly inside Epic’s clinical workflows, letting care teams engage AI assistance within the systems they already use for charting and documentation. The public health data source integrations extend the tool’s reach to sources beyond individual patient records. The release expands the footprint of ChatGPT for Healthcare in clinical settings, adding Epic workflow integration to the product’s capabilities and broadening the range of data sources clinicians can access through the platform.
Sources: Fierce Healthcare
Cureety acquires Reimagine Care for AI-driven precision oncology
Cureety has acquired Reimagine Care in a deal that creates an AI-driven oncology platform serving more than 250 cancer centers and more than 100,000 patients across five countries. Reimagine Care’s AI virtual assistant, named Remi, resolves approximately 95 percent of patient needs virtually. The acquisition brings together Cureety’s precision oncology focus with Reimagine Care’s AI patient support capabilities. Financial terms were not disclosed. The combined entity aims to serve cancer patients across a broad geographic footprint, using AI to handle the majority of patient interactions without requiring direct human intervention at each touchpoint.
Sources: Fierce Healthcare
LeanTaaS acquires Aidin to ease hospital discharges
LeanTaaS has agreed to acquire Aidin, a post-acute care referral and transition platform. Aidin serves more than 200 hospitals across approximately 20 health systems, coordinating more than 2 million referrals per year through a network of more than 21,000 post-acute providers. The acquisition integrates Aidin’s care transition capabilities into LeanTaaS’s iQueue for Inpatient Flow product, adding post-discharge coordination to an existing hospital operations platform. The deal ties referral management and post-acute care logistics to inpatient flow management, with the goal of easing hospital discharge processes across the systems LeanTaaS serves.
Sources: MobiHealthNews
Elucid raises $55M for AI cardiovascular imaging software
Elucid, a Boston-based AI company, has raised $55 million in a Series D round, bringing its total capital raised to approximately $185 million. Elucid’s Plaque-IQ cardiovascular imaging software has FDA clearance, and a second product, BioIntegrated FFR-CT, is currently under FDA review. The latest round includes a strategic investment from a publicly traded medical technology company that Elucid has not named. With $185 million raised to date and multiple products in or past FDA review, Elucid continues to build out its AI cardiovascular imaging platform across the regulatory clearance and clinical deployment phases.
Sources: MobiHealthNews
What belongs in the medical record in the AI era?
Questions about what belongs in the permanent medical record are taking on new urgency as AI-generated clinical content becomes more widespread. Healthcare IT News examines the issue in Part 1 of a two-part series, with insights from Jim Flynn, a partner at Epstein Becker Green. Flynn addresses the legal and clinical dimensions of the debate — including the challenge of determining which AI-generated content meets the standard for inclusion in a patient’s permanent record. The piece provides a foundation for healthcare organizations and legal teams wrestling with how AI documentation fits into established medical record frameworks.
Sources: Healthcare IT News
Build the AI audit trail now, before anyone asks for it
Healthcare organizations that deploy AI tools need to start building audit trails now, before a regulator, plaintiff, or oversight body asks for them. That is the case made by Thomas F. O’Neil III of BRG in a Healthcare IT News commentary. O’Neil argues that governance processes for tracking AI model performance, preserving records under legal holds, and building litigation readiness are foundational requirements — not future considerations. The piece contends that organizations should treat AI audit infrastructure the way they treat other compliance requirements: something built in from the start rather than assembled after the fact.
Sources: Healthcare IT News
Ochsner Health names new VP of innovation to drive safe AI strategy
Ochsner Health has named a new vice president of innovation tasked with driving safe AI strategy across the Louisiana health system. The announcement places AI oversight at the vice president level, giving the initiative dedicated executive leadership. The new VP’s remit is focused on advancing AI in a way that prioritizes safety across Ochsner’s operations. Healthcare organizations have increasingly been formalizing AI governance roles as the technology moves deeper into clinical and administrative workflows, and the appointment signals Ochsner’s intent to lead that process in a structured way rather than leaving AI adoption to develop informally across departments.
Sources: Healthcare IT News
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