Healthcare AI News 9/17/25

News

Meditech announces several AI enhancements to its MyHealth patient portal and Expanse EHR at its customer event, including the addition of chatbots and the integration of Commure’s AI-powered clinical documentation software with its Expanse Now app. Meditech is also working to bring agentic AI to its billing and operational workflows.

URAC launches a healthcare AI accreditation program with pathways for AI developers and users of AI in healthcare delivery.

Sutter Health (CA) customer support teams will use Hyro’s AI-based voice and chat capabilities.

Ardent Health implements Ambience Healthcare’s AI software for documentation, coding, and clinical workflows across its ambulatory sites.

Business

The FDA grants clearance for the upgraded Tempus Pixel cardiac imaging platform from precision medicine vendor Tempus AI. The company acquired Paige, a developer of FDA-cleared AI pathology tools, last month for $81 million.

AI-powered virtual care startup Doctronic announces $20 million in Series A funding. The company has developed a chatbot that can assess symptoms, offer guidance, and connect users with virtual care providers.

Automated patient billing and payments software vendor Inbox Health announces $20 million in new funding.

Healthcare AI operating system developer Innovaccer acquires Story Health, which offers a digital specialty care management platform.

Research

Researchers at Stanford University develop healthcare AI benchmarks to help users determine how well AI agents can automate tasks that clinicians typically perform manually in EHRs.

Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital (NY) launches a cardiac catheterization AI research lab to explore how AI can improve patient care and outcomes.

Other

HHS makes ChatGPT available to its employees, noting that it’s a helpful tool for summarizing long documents and advising users to to read results with a healthy dose of skepticism.

Three high school seniors in Nebraska develop MedFinanceAI, a bilingual chatbot designed to help Omaha residents better understand local medical costs. The team sourced the online tool’s data from local hospitals and medical databases.

The National University Health System in Singapore initiates AI-free periods amongst its providers to help prevent clinical de-skilling.

A patient in southeastern Pennsylvania uses Confluence Health’s AI tool to successfully appeal her insurer’s repeated denial of coverage for her ADHD medication. The insurer, however, claims the denial was initially caused by a physician reviewer error and that the AI-generated, 11-page appeal letter had no bearing on its final decision.

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