Healthcare AI News 10/22/25

News

OpenEvidence, which offers an AI-powered clinical decision support search engine, raises $200 million in Series C funding just three months after a $210 million round, valuing the company at $6 billion.

The American Medical Association launches the Center for Digital Health and AI, which will promote physician participation in regulatory matters, clinical workflow integration, and education.

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Atlas, a web browser that includes a context-aware side panel chatbot and a web browsing agent. The initial version is Mac only.

Business

Risk-based contract technology provider Arbital Health announces Merlin AI, an AI assistant that interprets contract data, explains performance drivers, and recommends next steps.

Cancer detection AI vendor Lunit acquires Prognosia, mammogram analysis software that was founded by researchers from Washington University School of Medical in St. Louis.

Verily will use AI to analyze biomedical data from UCHealth and CU Anschutz to find revenue opportunities. Also involved is RefinedScience, a tech-driven cancer drug discovery startup that is based on commercialized research from CU Anschutz.

Virtual care operator Counsel Health raises a $25 million Series A funding round. The company offers an AI chatbot that answers health questions, then escalates the conversation as needed to a physician within its 50-state network. Bringing a doctor into the conversation costs $29 per use or a $199 annual fee that includes unlimited physician involvement.

Healthcare educator Adtalem Global Education and Google Cloud will offer role-specific AI certification training to its health professions students and healthcare system partners.

Real-world evidence technology vendor Atropos Health launches an expert agent that generates personalized real-world evidence from a patient’s EHR data to suggest treatment options. Stanford Health Care has integrated the technology with its internally developed ChatEHR system.

Allina Health is piloting Optum Real, a real-time, AI-powered claims system that provides instant insurance coverage checks and upfront claims validation via payer-provider interoperability.

Trilliant Health releases Oria, a free AI chatbot for hospital price discovery.

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