Healthcare AI News 9/3/25

News

Epic launches Comet, a set of generative AI models that were trained on 100 billion de-identified patient records from a subset of Cosmos data. The models learn how clinical patterns evolve to predict likely outcomes. Research access opens in February 2026.

A local TV station reports that Lee Health (FL) has deployed AI for ambient scribing and an orthopedic chatbot, with additional plans for a patient scheduling chatbot and an AI voice system to handle incoming calls.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center CMIO Dara Mize, MD, MS says that its 100-physician DAX Copilot pilot has freed up documentation time while improving quality. More than half of participating faculty physicians say that the technology makes them less likely to leave, while one reported easier visits with Spanish-speaking patients thanks to real-time translation.

Business

Northeastern University profiles alumni-founded Predictive Healthcare and its MyHealthPal tool, which uses AI to detect surgical site infections earlier.

AI-driven revenue cycle and analytics technology vendor MedEvolve sells its RCM services business to Sustainable Medical Billing , which will continue to use MedEvolve’s products. MedEvolve will focus on its Effective Intelligence platform, practice management software, and AI-powered workflow automation and analytics.

Healthcare email privacy compliance technology vendor Paubox releases an AI-powered inbox security solution. 

Research

A study finds that 6% of 950 FDA-cleared AI-enabled devices were tied to 182 recall events. Half of the recalls happened within a year of clearance, and products that lacked clinical validation and those sold by publicly traded companies were disproportionately involved. The authors conclude that FDA’s 510(k) process may overlook early AI product failures and that investor pressure may push public companies to launch products prematurely.

Other

CMS’s six-state, AI-based pilot project to require prior authorization for a dozen costly, low-value procedures — such as nerve stimulators and incontinence devices — will pay vendors a cut of denied claims. Critics warn that it imports the least popular feature of Medicare Advantage into traditional Medicare and could set up adversarial battles between providers and government.

A man claims that he applied to become CEO of OpenAI — promising to replace the entire C-suite with AI agents — and received this clever company response. If it isn’t true, I still want it to be.

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