Samwise Healthcare IT Newsletter
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Senate Health Chair Demands Answers After 1.8 Million-Record NYC Hospital Cyberattack
Sen. Bill Cassidy, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has asked New York City officials to explain how a cyberattack compromised records for approximately 1.8 million individuals at New York City Health + Hospitals—the largest municipal public health system in the country. In a March 2026 breach statement, NYC H+H disclosed that hackers accessed its network through a third-party vendor and remained undetected for nearly three months, from November 2025 through February 2026. Cassidy is requesting details on security protocols, best practices and planned remediation measures. Officials face a June 18 response deadline.
Sources: GovInfoSecurity
Three Southern Ohio VA Medical Centers Go Live on Oracle Health EHR
Three Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers in Ohio—Dayton, Chillicothe and Cincinnati—transitioned to the Oracle Health electronic health record on June 7, extending the VA’s multibillion-dollar EHR modernization program. VA Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence said Ohio “is the second chapter, and second chapters matter.” A central command center will monitor system stability through June 18. Four Michigan VA facilities completed the same transition earlier this year, bringing total 2026 go-lives to seven. The department has 13 facilities scheduled to migrate to Oracle Health in 2026 and expects the system-wide transition to be complete by 2031.
Sources: Healthcare IT News
Elsevier, athenahealth and PointClickCare Each Expand Agentic AI Across EHR Workflows
Three major EHR ecosystem vendors are pushing agentic AI deeper into clinical and administrative workflows. Elsevier acquired Wellsheet, deployed in 139 U.S. hospitals, to embed patient-specific evidence at the point of care through its ClinicalKey AI platform. athenahealth announced more than 80 AI features in its athenaOne platform; early results show a 30 percent increase in recovered revenue and a 16 percent reduction in insurance denials, while voice AI handles more than 23,000 prior authorization calls. PointClickCare launched Billing Advisor for skilled nursing to automate high-friction billing tasks. Enzo Health separately unveiled an AI-native EHR for home health and hospice.
Sources: Healthcare IT News
AI Cannot Deliver on Its Promise Without Better Patient Identity Data, Expert Warns
As hospitals accelerate AI deployment, inaccurate patient identity data is quietly undermining those investments, warns Joe Hickey, vice president of provider markets at Verato. A recent S&P Global report found that 84 percent of healthcare organizations say data mismatches contribute to lost revenue, 85 percent of consumers would consider switching providers after identity errors, and 81 percent of providers agree they cannot personalize care without accurate data. “AI, as powerful as it is, cannot function to the height of its abilities with contradictory, missing or inaccurate data,” Hickey said. He argues health systems must fix their data foundation before—not after—scaling AI.
Sources: Healthcare IT News
Yale New Haven Health Expands Rad AI Partnership Across 16-Plus Imaging Centers
Yale New Haven Health System is rolling out Rad AI’s Omni Impressions tool across its full network of 16-plus imaging centers and five hospital campuses, the two organizations announced June 9. The expanded partnership also includes co-development of new radiology AI technologies. Omni Impressions uses AI to generate consistent, structured report impressions, reducing cognitive burden for radiologists and improving reporting turnaround. “Rad AI is at the forefront, especially with its Omni Impressions tool,” said Dr. Melissa Davis of Yale New Haven Health System. The partnership was reported exclusively by MobiHealthNews.
Sources: MobiHealthNews
Sophia Genetics and Memorial Sloan Kettering Sign MOU for New York Precision Oncology Hub
Sophia Genetics and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a precision oncology hub in New York City. The proposed collaboration would pair MSK’s tumor sequencing capabilities—more than 150,000 samples analyzed since 2014—with Sophia DDM, the company’s AI platform that has processed more than 2.5 million cases since the same year. The hub aims to support development of clinical algorithms, companion diagnostics and multimodal oncology tools for hospital and biopharma partners. Hub details have not been finalized. Financial terms were not disclosed. Products described are currently for research use only.
Sources: MobiHealthNews
Stepful Raises $55 Million to Scale Online Healthcare Worker Training Platform
Stepful, a New York-based platform that trains workers for roles including medical assistant, pharmacy technician, patient care technician, surgical technologist and dental assistant, has raised $55 million in Series C funding. Oak HC/FT led the round, joined by new investors Hearst Ventures, Foresite Capital and the Citi Impact Fund. CEO Carl Madi said Stepful will use the capital to expand hospital partnerships, launch programs in nursing, respiratory therapy and imaging, and accelerate AI-powered learning tools. Including earlier seed, Series A and Series B rounds, the company has now raised $106 million in total since its founding.
Sources: MobiHealthNews
Virtual-First Care Models Require Clinicians and IT Leaders to Co-Design Workflows
As health systems compete against retail clinics, direct-to-consumer apps and national telehealth providers, succeeding at virtual care depends on deep partnership between clinical and technology leadership, argues Amy Lukowski, vice president of operations and integration at Ovatient. Founded jointly by MetroHealth and MUSC Health, Ovatient operates as a fully integrated virtual practice. “Any successful execution of virtual care at scale requires strong collaboration between health IT leaders and clinicians,” Lukowski said. She advocates moving beyond virtual visits as an add-on to existing in-person care and toward co-designed workflows with joint governance, shared metrics and full EHR integration.
Sources: Healthcare IT News
Oura and Whoop Add Virtual Clinician Access, Pushing Consumer Wearables Into Clinical Workflows
Wearable device makers Oura and Whoop have each introduced ways for users to connect directly with physicians from within their apps, STAT News reported June 9. The move aims to close the gap between consumer biometric monitoring and clinical care—particularly for conditions like high blood pressure and sleep apnea that wearables are increasingly capable of detecting. “This was an inevitable development,” said Dr. Ida Sim, a physician and professor at the University of California, San Francisco, who studies consumer health data. The FDA has authorized only a handful of wearable features for clinical use, and the broader evidence base remains nascent.
Sources: STAT News
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