As we end 2025: Some health tech/AI stories I'm proud of and think you should read, Friends-style (I only watched like the first 5 episodes of Friends before I gave up)

🤑 The one that people on Reddit pirated the most: https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/10/ai-drug-development-claims-by-biotech-companies-absci-generate-biomedicines-questioned/

#health #healthcare #medicine #healthAI #PatientsUseAI #healthIT #healthtech #AI #artificialintelligence #journalism

HTI-5 does a lot of things, but one of them is repealing the requirement that EHR developers submit "model cards" for AI model transparency. Read more in @STAT from Casey Ross.

My big question: Will the health AI community, which enthusiastically supported the (as yet unreleased) CHAI model card registry, continue to contribute cards and update the information when they're not regulatorily required to?

https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/hhs-proposes-scrapping-ai-model-cards-transparency-rule/

#health #healthcare #AI #artificialintelligence #HealthIT #HIE

AI risks, greater regulation and remote consultations -- healthtech predictions for 2026 #HealthIT #Predictions

https://betanews.com/2025/12/23/ai-risks-greater-regulation-and-remote-consultations-healthtech-predictions-for-2026/

Healthcare IT safety isn’t just about security tools.

It’s about choosing the right IT partner.

From fitting into daily workflows to protecting patient data, these are 6 basics every healthcare organization should look for 👇

Because when IT works smoothly, care teams can focus on patients, not systems.

#healthcareit #healthtech #hospitalit #patientsafety #digitalhealth #healthcaretechnology #itsupport #healthcareoperations #healthit #itmanagement #patientcare

DATE: December 18, 2025 at 08:23AM
SOURCE: HEALTHCARE INFO SECURITY

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Which U.S. senator is pressuring #healthIT companies to give patients more control over where their data goes, framing the issue as a matter of #NationalSecurity as well as #privacy? https://t.co/1EkuXmhp65

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Articles can be found by scrolling down the page at https://www.healthcareinfosecurity.com/ under the title "Latest"

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Strong behavioral health outcomes start with stronger provider networks.
Discover how smarter network building improves access, coordination, and continuity of care.

🔗 https://bluebrix.health/blogs/building-provider-networks-for-comprehensive-behavioral-health-care/

#BehavioralHealth #CareCoordination #HealthIT #ProviderNetworks

Medical practices: Jan 1, 2026 is closer than it looks.

USCDI v3 quietly changes how patient data must be structured, shared, and accessed—across intake, insurance, portals, referrals, & integrations.

👉 https://zurl.co/GBZ4p

#USCDIv3 #HealthcareInteroperability #HealthIT

“I’ll evade, if that’s alright.”

HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill, RFK Jr.'s No. 2, dodged a question about Trump's "one rule" AI executive order at an event Wednesday. He also opined on CHAI, HHS' AI efforts, and how the "Genesis Mission" confuses him.

More:

https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/jim-oneill-evades-trump-state-ai-law-executive-order/

#health #healthcare #medicine #AI #artificialintelligence #hhs #healthIT #healthAI