Mississippi hospital system closes all clinics after ransomware attack
abcnews - A ransomware attack has forced the University of Mississippi Medical Center to close clinics and cancel elective procedures for a second day
AI Summary: A cyberattack forced the University of Mississippi Medical Center to take Epic and other systems offline, leading to canceled appointments, closed clinics and an FBI response. Officials say investigations are ongoing while clinicians scramble to deliver care without their usual electronic lifelines.
Can medical AI lie? Large study maps how LLMs handle health misinformation
medicalxpress - Medical artificial intelligence (AI) is often described as a way to make patient care safer by helping clinicians manage information. A new study by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators confronts a critical vulnerability: when a m…
AI Summary: A broad analysis — including Mount Sinai research — shows large language models and medical AI systems can propagate false or misleading health claims when presented in realistic clinical language. Findings expose safety gaps, underline risks of unchecked deployment, and call for tighter guardrails, validation and clinician oversight before clinical use.
Physicians push back on Alabama robotic ultrasound proposal
Mariah Taylor / beckershospitalreview - Alabama’s proposal to use robotic ultrasounds to close care gaps is being praised by national leaders but facing pushback from local physicians, KFF Health News reported Feb. 12. Alabama is facing above national average rates for infant mortality on top o…
AI Summary: Alabama’s plan to expand robotics in maternity services — including proposals for robotic ultrasounds and other automation — has provoked physician backlash. Clinicians warn that substituting machines for bedside assessment could erode accountability and patient safety in a state already wrestling with poor maternal outcomes, triggering a heated debate about technology versus hands‑on care.
Lilly appeals retatrutide classification ruling in case that could impact compounders
Alexis Kramer / endpoints - Eli Lilly is challenging a decision over how the FDA classified its experimental, next-gen obesity shot, in a case that could affect the ability of compounders to rival it. On Thursday, Lilly filed a notice ...
AI Summary: Eli Lilly is contesting a regulatory classification decision for its next‑generation obesity shot while simultaneously stockpiling doses ahead of potential U.S. approval. The dispute has broader implications for compounding pharmacies and has coincided with lawsuits accusing telehealth vendors and compounders of selling unapproved oral GLP‑1 alternatives — a messy intersection of commerce, regulation and patient safety.
New FDA-Approved Device Uses Electric Fields to Treat Pancreatic Cancer
discovermagazine - Learn more about the newly approved wearable treatment that disrupts pancreatic cancer tumor growth while letting patients continue daily life at home.
AI Summary: The FDA approved a wearable device that delivers alternating electric fields to disrupt pancreatic tumor growth, letting patients remain ambulatory while receiving treatment. Clinicians hail the noninvasive approach as a new adjunct to standard care, aiming to slow progression in a cancer that’s notoriously hard to treat — and yes, it literally plugs into hope.
Solace Health Reaches Unicorn Status by Taking the ‘Homework’ Out of Care Navigation
Katie Adams / medcitynews - Health advocate network Solace Health gained unicorn status after closing a $130 million Series C funding round. The startup’s advocates help with tasks like scheduling appointments, finding in-network providers, understanding insurance coverage and bills…
AI Summary: Care navigation startup Solace Health closed a $130 million Series C, achieving a $1 billion valuation by expanding its patient advocacy network that helps members navigate benefits and care. The funding will scale operations and deepen employer and payer partnerships aimed at reducing administrative friction.
Talkiatry Rakes In $210M to Scale Virtual Psychiatry Group
Katie Adams / medcitynews - Telepsychiatry provider Talkiatry has raised a $210 million Series D round led by Perceptive Advisors, bringing its total funding to more than $400 million. CEO Robert Krayn said the company is focused on scaling its clinician-employed model and improving…
AI Summary: Talkiatry closed a $210 million Series D led by Perceptive Advisors to scale its virtual psychiatry platform, expanding telepsychiatry access and accelerating growth plans. The financing positions the company to beef up operations, hire talent, and deepen partnerships as demand for remote mental health care surges.
500M records exchanged through TEFCA, federal health IT office boasts
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…
AI Summary: The federal Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) has passed roughly 500 million health records exchanged across participating networks, a milestone officials say will accelerate interoperability and data flow. The milestone spotlights rapid uptake and complementary data initiatives—plus the governance and privacy work that now comes with scale.
AI model reads brain MRIs in seconds, hitting up to 97.5% accuracy
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…
AI Summary: Researchers at the University of Michigan have unveiled an AI-powered model that reads brain MRIs in seconds with up to 97.5% accuracy. This breakthrough promises to ease radiologist workloads and dramatically speed up neurodiagnostics, potentially transforming clinical workflows in imaging.
Epic rolls out AI Charting tool
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 …
AI Summary: Epic has launched an integrated AI–powered charting tool designed to automate note–taking and suggest orders during patient visits, a strategic move aimed at reducing documentation burden and streamlining clinical workflow in a competitive ambient scribe market.
Novo Nordisk vows legal action to protect Wegovy pill
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.
AI Summary: Novo Nordisk has vowed to take legal action after discovering that competitors – including Hims & Hers – plan to market a compounded, lower‐priced version of its new Wegovy weight‐loss pill. The company is mobilizing its legal team to protect its intellectual property amid fierce market competition.
Meditech founder and EHR innovator A. Neil Pappalardo dies at 83
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.
AI Summary: Tech pioneer A. Neil Pappalardo – the founder of Meditech whose 56‐year career revolutionized electronic health records – has passed away at 83. His contributions reshaped healthcare IT and continue to influence clinical practice worldwide.
Epic & Providers Sue Health Gorilla Over Alleged Data Exploitation
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…
AI Summary: A lawsuit has been filed by Epic Systems along with several major healthcare providers alleging that Health Gorilla exploited interoperability networks to access patient records for financial gain. The legal action raises questions about data security practices in digital health exchanges.
#JPM26: Day 3 at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference
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 ...
AI Summary: At the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference 2026, top industry leaders unveiled transformative developments—from embedding AI into EHR systems to discussions on GLP‐1 compounding innovations and strategic Q&A sessions with leading pharma CEOs. The event provided a broad overview of emerging trends in healthcare technology and innovation.
#JPM26: Day 1 at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference
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 ...
AI Summary: At the 2026 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, several industry leaders showcased cutting‐edge sessions. Presentations covered AI enhancements in EHRs, real‑time prior authorization solutions, and strategic partnerships from major players including Moderna, Elation Health, and CommonSpirit, reflecting finance–tech convergence in healthcare innovation.