Healthcare AI News 8/27/25

News

Cleveland Clinic will implement Dyania Health’s AI-powered tool that scans medical records to identify clinical trial candidates. The health system has also invested in the company. Founder and CEO Eirini Schlosser is a former investment banker who previously founded an EHR data mining technology company.

ChatGPT maker OpenAI will reportedly build its own health app, tapping former health tech executives from Doximity and the investment community. Business Insider reports that OpenAI is considering both consumer-facing and enterprise tools, including clinical triage, clinical documentation, and patient engagement.

Parents sue OpenAI over the death of their teenage son, citing ChatGPT transcripts in which the chatbot engaged with him as he discussed suicide and shared self-harm photos. They allege it praised his ability to fashion a noose, confirmed his belief that it could hang a human, and suggested hiding it rather than leaving it out as a cry for help. He reportedly bypassed safety prompts by framing his questions as part of a story he was writing.

Business

India-based Narayana Health launches a self-developed ambient documentation tool for its Athma EHR. Future plans include integration of wearables, external health records, and predictive models to personalize treatments. Founder, chairman, and cardiac surgeon Devi Shetty, MBBS called out AI’s potential to reduce errors and cost:

There are millions of data points coming from everywhere, and we are constantly worried we are missing something. AI, however, can do all this and present it in a manner that allows doctors to access maximum information about the patient in the quickest possible time. More than anything else, AI will prevent doctors from making mistakes and will double or triple their productivity. They will become more efficient in treating patients properly, and errors will be reduced. In the process, costs will go down dramatically because whenever productivity increases, cost goes down.

AI precision medicine technology vendor Tempus AI acquires Paige, which has developed FDA-cleared AI pathology tools, for $81 million.

Research

Researchers build an AI system that filters EHR data for ED physicians treating urgent cases and recommends search terms that peers have found useful, in the “you might like” style of Amazon or Netflix.

Other

A Washington Post opinion piece says that FDA’s new AI assistant for reviewing drug approval documents is error-prone and “makes stuff up” when summarizing content. HHS attributes the criticism to disgruntled former employees. Analysts flagged a pre-launch HHS report that cited non-existent studies, included invalid links,and mischaracterized findings, concluding that it was likely written using ChatGPT.

Researchers from Johns Hopkins and other institutions warn that older Americans may not live long enough to benefit from FDA-cleared AI technologies unless  bottlenecks are removed. They recommend:

• Medicare should develop time-limited payments for AI technologies that are then converted to value-based models if they are proven effective. They note that imaging tools capture too much CMS interest compared to decision support and remote patient monitoring.
• The federal government should provide grants or tax credits to companies that support data standardization initiatives and interoperability.
• The federal government should reform the unsuccessful policies that were intended to increase rural broadband access to support remote specialist care.
• Developers should form community advisory boards to encourage AI uptake among seniors who may prefer hands-on care.

Microsoft’s head of AI warns that tools mimicking consciousness may mislead users by telling them what they want to hear. One physician predicts that clinicians will soon ask about AI usage alongside with that of smoking and alcohol. A professor expands on the concern in his book “Automating Empathy.”

While these things are convincing, they are not real. They do not feel, they do not understand, they cannot love, they have never felt pain, they haven’t been embarrassed, and while they can sound like they have, it’s only family, friends and trusted others who have. Be sure to talk to these real people.”

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