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HealthEx and Anthropic Partner to Bring Personal Health Records Directly to Claude

by Fred Pennic 01/11/2026 Leave a Comment

HealthEx and Anthropic Partner to Bring Personal Health Records Directly to Claude

What You Should Know - HealthEx and Anthropic have launched a first-of-its-kind integration that allows Claude Pro and Max users to securely connect their medical records from over 50,000 provider organizations directly to the AI.  - The partnership leverages the federal TEFCA framework and a new Model Context Protocol (MCP) to provide personalized health summaries and lab interpretations while ensuring that sensitive patient data is never used for model training. Bridging the
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Eli Lilly Taps Chai Discovery’s Frontier AI to Design ‘Computer-Aided’ Biologics

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OpenAI-Backed Chai Discovery Raises $130M to Tackle "Undruggable" Targets with Generative AI

What You Should Know - Eli Lilly and Company has entered a strategic collaboration with Chai Discovery to deploy frontier AI for the design of novel biologic therapeutics. - The partnership includes the development of an exclusive, purpose-built AI model trained on Lilly’s proprietary data, leveraging Chai's Chai-2 platform to compress discovery timelines from months to weeks. The "Zero-Shot" Revolution: Slashing Discovery Timelines In the world of biologics, antibody design has
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AccurKardia Secures Second FDA Clearance for AccurECG 2.0 to Tackle Cardiac Backlogs

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AccurKardia Secures Second FDA Clearance for AccurECG 2.0 to Tackle Cardiac Backlogs

What You Should Know - AccurKardia has announced its second FDA 510(k) clearance for the AccurECG™ Analysis System (v2.0). This enterprise-grade, cloud-based platform is designed to ingest data from any ECG hardware—including patches and Holters—and deliver fully automated, near real-time interpretation for 13 rhythm classifications with 99% accuracy. - As cardiac data volumes surge due to the proliferation of wearables, AccurECG 2.0 allows hospitals and independent diagnostic testing
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DiMe Launches Initiative to Scale Trusted AI Care Navigation

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DiMe Launches Initiative to Scale Trusted AI Care Navigation

What You Should Know - The Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) has launched a new multi-stakeholder initiative, "Scaling Trusted, High-Impact AI Care Navigation," to accelerate the responsible adoption of AI tools that help patients manage appointments, referrals, and insurance.  - Led by title sponsor Intel and a founding coalition of tech and healthcare leaders, the project will develop open-access resources to ensure AI-enabled care journeys are patient-centered, equitable, and
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Rune Labs Names Tempus Veteran Amy Gordon Franzen as CEO to Scale AI Precision Medicine

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Rune Labs Names Tempus Veteran Amy Gordon Franzen as CEO to Scale AI Precision Medicine

What You Should Know - Rune Labs, the leader in precision neurology, has appointed Amy Gordon Franzen as its new Chief Executive Officer.  - Franzen, a foundational leader from Tempus, joins as Rune Labs prepares to scale its StrivePD ecosystem beyond Parkinson’s Disease into Alzheimer’s and other dementias. Co-founder Brian Pepin will transition to President, Biopharma and Platform, focusing on the company’s expanding research portfolio and life sciences partnerships. Bringing
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The GPT-5 Era: OpenAI Launches ‘OpenAI for Healthcare’ and GPT-5.2 to Power the Modern Hospital

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The GPT-5 Era: OpenAI Launches 'OpenAI for Healthcare' and GPT-5.2 to Power the Modern Hospital

What You Should Know - OpenAI has officially entered the medical market with OpenAI for Healthcare, a suite of products led by ChatGPT for Healthcare and the GPT-5.2-powered API.  - Already rolling out to eight leading institutions—including Stanford Medicine, HCA Healthcare, and UCSF—the platform provides a secure, HIPAA-compliant workspace for clinical reasoning, evidence retrieval with transparent citations, and the automation of administrative tasks like prior authorizations and
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The Automated OR: Apella Secures $80M to Scale Ambient Video Intelligence Across the Surgical Suite

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The Automated OR: Apella Secures $80M to Scale Ambient Video Intelligence Across the Surgical Suite

What You Should Know - Apella has announced an $80M Series B round to scale its ambient AI platform designed for the most complex environment in the hospital: the operating room (OR). The round was led by HighlandX, with returning investors Vensana Capital, Casdin Capital, PFM Health Sciences, Upside Partnership, and Operator Partners, and includes new investors K2 HealthVentures, OpAmp Capital, and Houston Methodist.  - By using computer vision to autonomously identify 14 surgical
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Canopy Secures $22M to Scale Healthcare Safety Platform

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Canopy Secures $22M to Scale Healthcare Safety Platform

What You Should Know - Canopy, the category leader in connected safety platforms, has closed a $22M Series B funding round led by 111° West Capital and ACME Capital.  - As workplace violence in healthcare has surged 63% over the last five years, Canopy has rapidly scaled its "Location ID" network to protect over 300,000 healthcare workers across 60 major U.S. systems, providing a unified infrastructure for both staff safety and operational intelligence. The Safety-First Pivot:
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Mount Sinai Deploys AI-Powered Clinical Trial-Matching Platform to Expand Access to Cancer Research

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Mount Sinai Deploys AI-Powered Clinical Trial-Matching Platform to Expand Access to Cancer Research

What You Should Know:  - Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center has deployed PRISM, an AI-powered platform designed by Triomics for systemwide clinical trial matching. - Utilizing OncoLLM—a large language model pipeline built specifically for oncology—PRISM identifies eligible patients across the entire Mount Sinai Health System (including Queens and Brooklyn) in real-time.  - The strategic initiative aims to accelerate research enrollment and provide equitable access to cutting-edge
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IntelyCare Acquires CareRev to Unify Acute and Post-Acute Staffing

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IntelyCare Acquires CareRev to Unify Acute and Post-Acute Staffing

What You Should Know:  - IntelyCare has acquired CareRev, creating a comprehensive clinical labor platform that spans both acute and post-acute care. Led by CEO Matthew Levesque, the combined company offers a unified technology solution for managing internal resource pools, contingent labor, and permanent staff.  - This acquisition aims to reduce operational complexity for health systems while providing clinicians with a flexible, "full-spectrum" talent platform to manage their
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