Samwise Healthcare IT Newsletter
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
White House Secures Pledges from 60 Companies to Build Patient-Centered Health Data Ecosystem
President Trump hosted Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz at a White House meeting Wednesday where 60 companies, including Amazon, Anthropic, Apple, Google and OpenAI, pledged to support a new Health Tech Ecosystem Initiative. The initiative includes a voluntary CMS Interoperability Framework requiring participating networks to provide patient data access through FHIR APIs by July 4. Twenty-one networks, including Epic, Oracle Health and athenahealth, pledged to become CMS Aligned Networks. Eleven health systems, among them Cleveland Clinic and Intermountain Health, committed to supporting patient adoption of digital health tools and eliminating paper intake forms.
Sources: Fierce Healthcare
Trump Signs Executive Order to Deploy AI in Defense of Federal Health Systems
President Trump on June 2 signed an executive order titled Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security, directing federal agencies to strengthen AI-enabled cybersecurity defenses. The order gives agencies 30 to 60 days to act, requiring the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to issue binding directives, expand AI defensive tools and extend cybersecurity services to rural hospitals and other critical infrastructure operators. A voluntary AI cybersecurity clearinghouse will coordinate vulnerability scanning and patch distribution across participating organizations. The order also directs creation of a classified benchmarking process to assess advanced cyber capabilities of frontier AI models.
Sources: Becker's Hospital Review
Mayo Clinic and Microsoft Announce Frontier AI Model Built Specifically for Healthcare
Mayo Clinic and Microsoft announced June 2 a collaboration to develop a frontier AI model purpose-built for clinical use. Designed to synthesize diverse patient data across multiple modalities, the model aims to support earlier diagnoses, more personalized treatment decisions and improved patient outcomes, according to a Microsoft news release. Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo will retain full ownership of the completed model, while Microsoft plans to distribute it to healthcare organizations worldwide through Azure Foundry APIs. The model will first be deployed within Mayo's own clinical environment for ongoing real-world testing and continuous refinement before broader availability.
Sources: Becker's Hospital Review
Nearly Three-Quarters of Doctors Now Use AI Weekly, but Fear of Deskilling Grows
A survey of more than 350 healthcare professionals by Wolters Kluwer Health, published June 2, found that nearly three-quarters of doctors and 70 percent of nurses now use artificial intelligence at least once weekly, significantly up from 38 percent and 46 percent respectively the prior year. Thirty-eight percent of doctors reported using AI multiple times daily, compared to 10 percent the year before. Despite rapid adoption, 74 percent of clinicians cited deskilling as a top risk, meaning the potential loss of critical thinking or decision-making skills through over-reliance on AI tools. Only 27 percent of doctors and nurses reported knowing how their workplace addresses AI governance.
Sources: Healthcare Dive
Epic Announces More Than 1,000 Hospitals Are Now Live on Federal Data Exchange
Epic announced June 2 that more than 1,000 hospital customers and 22,000 clinics using its electronic health record system are now live on the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, the federal government's national health information sharing framework. The organizations connect through Epic Nexus, its Qualified Health Information Network, which received QHIN designation in 2023. The announcement came as health tech executives gathered at the White House for a major interoperability pledge signing. Epic said it plans to transition all of its customers to TEFCA by the end of 2026.
Sources: Becker's Hospital Review
Athenahealth Becomes First Health IT Company to Implement TEFCA at Scale
Athenahealth announced June 2 that all eligible providers on its athenaOne network, more than 100,000 in total, are now connected to the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement. The company described itself as the first healthcare IT firm to implement TEFCA at scale. Providers connect through CommonWell Health Alliance, a federally designated Qualified Health Information Network. Athenahealth credited its API-first architecture for enabling faster-than-expected implementation. The company's ChartSync tool allows providers to access and interact with patient data retrieved from TEFCA, reducing administrative burden, eliminating gaps in clinical information and helping enable AI-powered clinical summaries at the point of care.
Sources: Fierce Healthcare
Joint Commission Launches First Voluntary AI Governance Certification for Health Systems
The Joint Commission on June 1 debuted its Responsible Use of AI in Healthcare certification, the first program of its kind designed exclusively for U.S. hospitals and health systems. The voluntary certification assesses how organizations govern and implement AI, rather than validating individual AI tools. Standards cover five areas: governance, effective data management, risk and bias reduction, safety monitoring and evaluation, and transparency and training. The certification was developed through collaboration with more than 20 stakeholder groups and builds on guidance released by the Joint Commission in 2025. Organizations do not need existing Joint Commission accreditation to apply.
Sources: Healthcare IT News
Curated by JD · samwise.agency
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