Monday Morning Update 4/6/26

Top News

Anthropic will acquire drug discovery and research technology vendor Coefficient Bio for $400 million in shares.

The eight-month-old company has nine employees.

HIStalk Announcements and Requests

Last week’s poll results are interesting, as even we health tech experts are divided on how much freedom we give patients over their own data.

New poll to your right or here: Would you reject a job candidate who seems to have used AI to craft a resume, emails, or headshot? An interesting aspect of this is how you would know, with the obvious answer being “it’s too polished.” Does than penalize someone who might actually be polished?

Sponsored Events and Resources

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

A one-person company uses AI to create an online business that sells GLP-1 weight loss drugs will book $1.8 billion in sales in its second full year of business. Its founder, who just hired his brother as employee #2, spent $20,000 and used several AI tools to create its websites and ads, manage customer support, and monitor its business performance. It outsourced the prescribing and prescription fulfillment functions to outside companies. The company has been warned by FDA of selling illegal copycat drugs and has been accused of running deceptive ads that feature AI-generated fake doctors and deepfaked before-and-after patient images.  

Announcements and Implementations

America West Medical Transportation launches an Epic-integrated SMART on FHIR app fir scheduling patient transport from with the EHR. The app, which was built on VectorCare’s patient logistics platform, reduces booking time and adds real-time tracking and automatic documentation.

The VA expands its rollout of Mynd’s virtual therapy for pain, anxiety, and distress.

Other

In England, a dietitian loses her license after a tribunal determines that she used ChatGPT to generate answers during a video job interview. Interviewers become suspicious when Aiwanehi Aigbokhaevbo repeatedly asked them to restate their questions, echoed the questions back slowly to buy time for the AI to finish its answer, and then looked off camera to read back its polished responses. The panel tested their concerns by entering the same questions into ChatGPT, which yielded nearly identical answers. NHS sources say that they have seen a good bit of AI interview cheating, especially from Nigerian job applicants. 

Sponsor Updates

• Nordic releases a new “Designing for Health” podcast featuring an interview with Stephen Williams, MD, MBA.
• SlicedHealth becomes a preferred partner of The Cottano Group.
• Wolters Kluwer Health releases the results of its “Lippincott FutureCare Nursing 2026 Survey.”
• WellSky offers a new white paper titled “Redefining care transitions: Creating reliable, value‑based patient journeys.”
• The “HITea with Grace” podcast features VisiQuate CEO Brian Robertson in an episode titled “Finding Data Gaps to Empower Healthcare Organizations.”
• Vyne Medical will sponsor and exhibit at NAHAM 2026 April 28-May in Chicago.

Blog Posts

• Default EHR Security Alone Isn’t Enough (Impact Advisors)
• Three EVV Trends Providers and Payers Should Watch (Netsmart)
• How CIOs Are Creating a Digital Foundation for AI-Driven Innovation (Optimum Healthcare IT)
• Unitasking Digital Tools Aren’t Solving the Patient Experience Problem (Praia Health)

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