Samwise Healthcare IT Newsletter
Friday, July 3, 2026
Anthropic Debuts Claude Science Research Workbench and Restores Full Access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5
Anthropic launched two significant updates in a single announcement. The company debuted Claude Science, an auditable AI research workbench that lets scientists analyze literature, run multi-step analyses and prepare manuscripts within a single environment — running on existing Claude models, not a new one. It displays 3D protein structures alongside the code that generated them, supports 60-plus pre-built integrations for genomics, proteomics and structural biology, and includes a reviewer agent that flags incorrect citations. Separately, Anthropic confirmed that full access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 was restored June 30, after the Trump administration lifted export controls imposed over national security concerns related to an Amazon researchers' safeguard bypass.
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UpDoc Wins First FDA Clearance for Patient-Facing LLM Medical Software — a Diabetes App Raising Regulatory Questions
Digital health startup UpDoc has received what STAT News calls a 'historic' first: FDA clearance for medical software built on patient-facing large language models. The company, founded in 2023, received the clearance in December and publicly announced the news in late June. UpDoc's device helps patients manage diabetes using a treatment plan defined by their physician. Patients interact with an LLM-powered chatbot interface — entering data by voice or text — and receive treatment instructions in return. The FDA regulates the device in the same category as drug dose calculators. The clearance has sparked regulatory debate over whether the LLM functions as an interface or the actual clinical decision-maker.
NIH All of Us Research Program Now the World's Largest Genomic-EHR Database, with Data from 747,000 Participants
The NIH's All of Us Research Program has reached a major threshold: data from more than 747,000 participants is now available to researchers, making it the world's largest integrated genomic and electronic health record database. The newest release — CDRv9 — includes more than 535,000 whole genome sequences linked to nearly 482,000 EHRs, plus a first-ever inclusion of proteomics data from nearly 10,000 participants. Total enrollment now tops 883,000. More than 86% of participants come from historically underrepresented communities. The dataset has already fueled more than 1,400 peer-reviewed publications, and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya called the program a 'national treasure.'
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Cone Health Invests $40 Million to Rebuild 14-Year-Old Epic EHR Foundation After Years of Technical Debt
Cone Health is committing at least $40 million to tear down and rebuild the foundation of its Epic EHR, which the health system first installed in 2012. Chief Medical Information Officer Mike Kramer, MD said years of heavy customization left Cone Health with low Epic Gold Stars scores, third-party applications that Epic's native platform now replaces and limited adoption of newer Epic capabilities. The overhaul spans two and a half years, beginning with a six-month Phase Zero. Risant Health, which acquired Cone Health in 2024, is co-funding the project. Kramer estimates the effort could unlock $10 million to $20 million in operational savings through Epic best-practice adoption and application rationalization.
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Federal Judge Dismisses Stryker Cyberattack Lawsuit; All Eight Plaintiffs Withdrew Claims Without Prejudice
A federal judge has dismissed the consolidated cyberattack lawsuit against Stryker Corporation after all eight plaintiffs voluntarily withdrew their claims without prejudice. U.S. District Judge Hala Jarbou of the Western District of Michigan signed the order June 30, meaning the case was not decided on its merits and could be refiled. The underlying cyberattack, which plaintiffs attributed to Handala — an Iranian nation-state cybercriminal group — occurred March 11. Stryker had moved to dismiss the case June 22, arguing its investigation found no evidence that any plaintiff's personally identifiable information was accessed and that plaintiffs lacked standing because their data had appeared in prior, unrelated breaches.
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Sword Health Partners with Portugal's NHS to Offer AI Physical Therapy — 97% Faster Access, 45% Cost Reduction
Sword Health has partnered with Portugal's National Health Service to integrate AI-enabled physical therapy into the country's public health system. Physicians in Portugal's SNS can now prescribe Sword's remote musculoskeletal care platform for conditions including lower back pain, shoulder pain and knee injuries — at no cost to patients after a medical prescription. Sword's AI analyzes patient movements in real time and provides feedback to correct exercise form, with a clinical team supervising each treatment plan. The Portuguese government said the technology is expected to reduce wait times to begin treatment by 97% and cut costs by 45% compared to conventional physiotherapy models.
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Vancouver Police Sergeant Becomes First Canadian ALS Patient — and 26th Worldwide — to Receive Neuralink Implant
Vancouver police sergeant Lee Marten has become the first Canadian ALS patient to receive a Neuralink brain-computer interface implant, and the first patient anywhere to undergo the procedure using the company's new experimental surgical robot, which inserted the device's electrode threads directly through the brain's dura. Surgery took place at University Health Network's Toronto Western Hospital in May. ALS had left Marten with enough mobility to operate his wheelchair, but following the implant he can now control his phone or laptop using only his thoughts. Marten is the 26th patient globally to receive a Neuralink implant and the third Canadian, as part of the CAN-PRIME clinical trial.
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Penn Medicine VP: Enterprise Architecture Is Now Essential as AI, M&A, and Regulatory Pressure Converge on Health Systems
A perfect storm of AI adoption, regulatory pressure, data sprawl and healthcare M&A is exposing a structural weakness inside health systems: the absence of enterprise architecture governance, writes Prashant Akolia, VP of Enterprise Technology Architecture and Strategy at Penn Medicine. Without a structured EA function, organizations accumulate technical debt, duplicated capabilities and failed AI pilots that stall between proof-of-concept and production. Academic medical centers face the sharpest challenge, operating clinical, research and educational missions on shared infrastructure with different regulatory requirements and risk tolerances. Akolia argues EA is no longer optional — it is 'essential to how leading organizations scale innovation, manage risk and turn strategy into execution.'
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