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Tomorrow, Nov 12, 11am-4pm ET: @HIMSS hosts HIMSS27 Unveiled, a free online preview of HIMSS27 (April 5-8, 2027, Chicago). himssconference.com/blog/get…
Five topic areas: healthcare leadership, administrative costs, the future of work, agentic AI and cybersecurity, with leaders from Mass General Brigham, Northwestern Medicine, Premier Health, Adventist Health and McLaren Health on the lineup. Register: ve.informaengage.com/virtual…
These are the same themes health system leaders are wrestling with right now. Peers worth following: @ACHEConnect and @AmericanTelemed.
At QC Healthcare (myadultdoctor.com/about-qc-h…), we track health IT and leadership trends to better serve patients and families. My Pediatric Doctor mypediatricdoctor.com (contact@mypediatricdoctor.com) | My Adult Doctor myadultdoctor.com (contact@myadultdoctor.com)
#HIMSS27 #HealthIT #HealthcareLeadership
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Happy Veterans Day to every man and woman who served, across every branch.
At QC Healthcare we're building a care structure for veterans and their families: 24/7 urgent care and primary care, mental health support, and insurance accepted. Independent, and not affiliated with the VA or HHS.
Thank you for your service. 🇺🇸
#VeteransDay #Veterans #UrgentCare #PrimaryCare #QCHealthcare
myadultdoctor.com | mypediatricdoctor.com
ALT Service members from all U.S. branches in uniform at the National Veterans Day Observance, Arlington National Cemetery (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser)
ALT Soldiers and other service members supporting the Presidential Armed Forces Full Honors Wreath-Laying Ceremony, Nov. 11, 2025 (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nathan Winter)
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Understanding why one DNA change affects the heart or brain but spares other cells is the kind of biology that could eventually sharpen how we think about prevention. The question for those of us delivering care is how quickly insights like this can reach the primary care visit. xitter.twitterapi.xyz/GoogleDeepMind/status/…
Your heart, brain, and immune system share the same DNA sequence. So how can a single-letter change affect disease in some cells, while sparing the rest?
AlphaGenome 2 is our new AI model that zooms in on specific cells to help scientists understand what drives disease. 🧵
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Free tools for clinicians that tackle patient assistance programs, copay savings and prior auth appeals are aimed at the paperwork that stands between patients and their care. The real test is whether it shortens the wait for the person who just needs to start treatment. xitter.twitterapi.xyz/HealthcareAIGuy/status…
NEW: OpenEvidence just launched two free AI tools for clinicians.
**Access Intelligence:**
> 2,500+ patient assistance programs
> Copay savings & enrollment
> Prior auths and appeals
**OpenEvidence Learn:**
> 50,000+ board-style questions
> AI-powered clinical case simulations
> Flashcards & CME
More AI for practicing and learning. Cool.
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Congrats to the Counsel Health team on joining Oura. Putting medical care inside the tools people already use every day is where virtual-first care is heading, and the real prize is making it easier for people to get a clinician when they need one. xitter.twitterapi.xyz/JayRughani/status/2120…
Today, we congratulate our portfolio company @CounselHealth on its acquisition by @ouraring. Counsel will join OURA to make high-quality medical care more abundant, personalized, and proactive.
It has been a dream working with this crew since leading the Seed in 2024 and then co-leading the A in 2025 (w/ our friends @GVteam).
We @a16z are excited to see you continue to carry the original mission forward at OURA: ensuring every person has perfect healthcare for life.
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Robots that can handle delicate, real-world tasks outside the lab will matter well beyond warehouses. The question I'm watching is how soon physical AI starts taking routine strain off the people who deliver care. xitter.twitterapi.xyz/Google/status/21205616…
Introducing Tabletop, a collaborative space from @GoogleLabs where you can create custom tools to build, plan, and do more with your friends, family, or club.
Send an invite to your group and start a shared hub where everyone can contribute simultaneously for your next trip, potluck, or fantasy league. You can create live dinner polls, trip itineraries, expense splitters, and sports brackets tailored to your group.
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Two more health data incidents in the news via @HIPAAJournal (Nov 10): hipaajournal.com/sutherland-…
1) Sutherland Healthcare Solutions, a revenue-cycle business associate, says an employee had someone else do their work duties without the company's knowledge; that person accessed data between July 2024 and July 2026, including names, SSNs, health plan and claims information. No misuse identified, per the notice.
2) @hoaghealth (Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian) detected suspicious network activity Oct 8, confirmed unauthorized access, and on Oct 25 confirmed personal and protected health information was exposed. Affected individuals are being offered credit monitoring.
Neither incident's total count is public yet and neither appeared on the @HHSOCR breach portal at the time of reporting. The takeaway for every provider and vendor: access governance for staff, contractors and business associates is a patient-trust issue. Relevant voices: @AHAhospitals, @HHSGov.
At QC Healthcare (myadultdoctor.com/about-qc-h…), protecting patient data is part of caring for patients. My Pediatric Doctor mypediatricdoctor.com (contact@mypediatricdoctor.com) | My Adult Doctor myadultdoctor.com (contact@myadultdoctor.com)
#HealthData #HIPAA #Cybersecurity
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Testing AI against real-world business complexity without exposing customer data is the right instinct. Healthcare needs the same discipline: prove these tools in realistic synthetic environments before they ever get near a patient's record. xitter.twitterapi.xyz/MSFTResearch/status/21…
How do you test Copilot against real-world business complexity without exposing customer data? Microsoft researchers created a platform that generates synthetic enterprise environments, complete with simulated employees, meetings, emails, documents, and industry-specific workflows. These environments let Microsoft evaluate Copilot at scale in realistic business scenarios while preserving customer data privacy.
Read about the Industry Evaluation Data Generation Platform: msft.it/6011ahGkZ
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Agreed. Giving clinicians back time with patients is the opportunity that matters most in medical AI, and it's how we think about virtual-first care at QC Healthcare: technology should clear the admin load so the relationship can come first. xitter.twitterapi.xyz/EricTopol/status/21202…
Two of the most important opportunities for medical AI:
1. Give the gift of time to clinicians, to promote the patient-doctor relationship
2. Improve accuracy of diagnosis and treatments
Both are helped by this type of work
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Measles elimination status is a measure of how well a country keeps routine childhood prevention within easy reach of every family. When access to pediatric primary care slips, outbreaks like this are the downstream signal. xitter.twitterapi.xyz/statnews/status/212051…
Starting today, a regional WHO body will hold a four-day meeting to determine whether the U.S. has maintained measles elimination.
All signs point to no: Cases have soared in the last few years, and at least eight deaths have been reported this year. trib.al/DoRuQin
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Agents that prep charts before the visit and check requests against payer policy hit the two biggest time sinks in care: admin work and waiting. The real test is whether they make it easier for patients and clinicians to actually reach each other. xitter.twitterapi.xyz/HealthcareAIGuy/status…
NEW: Google launches Gemini for Healthcare, an AI agent platform for providers and payers connecting EHRs, claims, and admin systems.
The agents can:
> Prepare patient charts before visits
> Review requests against payer policies
> Explain coverage and patient costs
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Healthcare is flooded with AI hype, so independent, clear-eyed assessments of where the technology is actually headed are worth seeking out. The leaders who stay curious and skeptical at the same time will deploy it where it truly helps patients get care. xitter.twitterapi.xyz/EricTopol/status/21202…
It's hard to beat @emollick for an up-to-date, independent assessment of AI, no less where we're headed. His new book is CO-EXISTENCE. We discussed that and a lot more in the new Ground Truths today
Clinicians will use AI chatbots whether we're ready or not, so tools that help them check the answers before acting on them matter. Trust in clinical AI gets built with guardrails like this, not slogans. xitter.twitterapi.xyz/statnews/status/212049…
MDCalc, a medical reference tool site, is launching CrossCover, a tool meant to help clinicians trust the answers of medical AI chatbots. trib.al/h8KZaXd
Health systems hold some of the most sensitive data there is, so security can't be an afterthought as AI agents get wired into care workflows. Curious how many healthcare orgs are asking their AI vendors the hard security questions yet. xitter.twitterapi.xyz/OpenAI/status/21202023…
We're turning our lessons from defending OpenAI into practical tools for our customers. On Thursday, join us at Cyber at the Frontier, a live keynote, for our latest cyber announcements.
Working with our frontier models, we've identified and resolved important vulnerabilities in our own code and infrastructure. That experience is informing the tools and playbooks we're building to help other security teams strengthen their defenses.
@gdb shares what we've learned and why security teams should keep putting the latest models to work as capabilities improve.
Tune in on November 12 at 10 a.m. PT: openai.com/cyber-at-the-fron…
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Rare disease milestone: Larimar Therapeutics says it has completed its rolling BLA submission to the @US_FDA seeking accelerated approval of nomlabofusp for Friedreich's ataxia (FA), a rare inherited neurodegenerative disease. globenewswire.com/news-relea…
What the release says: the request relies on skin frataxin levels as a proposed surrogate endpoint, a confirmatory Phase 3 (FORWARD-FA) is enrolling, and FDA acceptance for filing is expected in early 2027. Nothing is approved, and the data cited are the company's own. FARA's CEO Jen Farmer is quoted in the release.
Why it matters: accelerated approval pathways and surrogate endpoints are central to how rare-disease therapies reach families waiting for options. Worth following with @RareDiseases (NORD), Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA, curefa.org) and Larimar CEO Carole Ben-Maimon (larimartx.com).
At QC Healthcare (myadultdoctor.com/about-qc-h…), we follow rare-disease policy and science because every patient, from childhood to adulthood, deserves informed, accessible care. My Pediatric Doctor mypediatricdoctor.com (contact@mypediatricdoctor.com) | My Adult Doctor myadultdoctor.com (contact@myadultdoctor.com)
#RareDisease #FriedreichsAtaxia #FDA @HHSGov
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Decades of sustained research investment is what eventually turns an ultra-rare disease into one with real treatment options. The next hurdle is making sure patients and families can actually reach clinicians who know about those options. xitter.twitterapi.xyz/NIH/status/21202039919…
NIH-supported research spanning decades helped pave the way for new treatment options for people living with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), an ulta-rare and devastating genetic disease.
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An agent that behaves normally until a hidden trigger is the kind of risk healthcare leaders should plan for before agents touch scheduling, charts or patient messages. Patient trust is hard to win and easy to lose, so security testing has to keep pace with deployment.
xitter.twitterapi.xyz/MSFTResearch/status/21…
New research from Microsoft Research demonstrates that reprogramming just a few dormant neurons in an AI agent can create a backdoor that leaves the agent behaving normally until it hits a specific trigger.
While the specifics of this threat are novel, the mitigation is not: Know where your model came from, and be smart about its permissions. Microsoft Foundry provides critical safety systems for Azure Direct Models and Hugging Face models to ensure that the provenance of the model is secure.
Microsoft researcher @DimitrisPapail explains the measures that model hubs and vendors should take as well as mitigation strategies for enterprises and users. msft.it/6014ahp6e
ALT Reprogramming Dormant Neurons to Backdoor AI Agents
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Models built for long-horizon, multi-step reasoning are exactly what care coordination needs, since a single patient journey spans many steps and handoffs. The question for healthcare is less about raw capability and more about reliability and oversight when these tools touch real workflows.
xitter.twitterapi.xyz/Google/status/21201861…
Gemini 4 Carbon is now available.
It’s our strongest model, built to dig deeper, handle long-horizon tasks, and multi-step reasoning.
If Argon is great for complex tasks, Carbon is the model you bring in for your hardest problems.
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Care delivery is quietly becoming the next frontier for consumer health tech. Continuous data plus on-demand physicians could mean earlier, more proactive care. The hard part will be trust: people need to know who is accountable for the advice, and how their data is used.
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BREAKING: Oura is acquiring Counsel Health for $625M.
The deal brings AI-native care and on-demand physicians to Oura's 6M+ members, powered by continuous biometric data. Moving from telling you what's happening in your body to actually doing something about it.
An interesting trend to watch as more consumer healthtech moves into care delivery.
P.S. we profiled Counsel in June 2025. Keep an eye on our deep dives. Truffle pig instincts 👀
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Businesses claiming their presence inside ChatGPT is a reminder of where people now start. Patients already ask AI which clinic to try and what to expect. Healthcare organizations that keep their information accurate and easy to find there will earn the first conversation.
xitter.twitterapi.xyz/OpenAI/status/21202165…
Now in beta: Businesses in ChatGPT.
Claim your business, manage your information, and get insights on how people engage with you.
Eligible businesses can also build a Business Agent to answer customers’ questions and help them explore what you offer.
openai.com/index/introducing…
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