Healthcare AI Guy Weekly | 7/29

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US releases AI Action Plan

The White House just released “America’s AI Action Plan,” a sweeping 90+ policy roadmap to cement U.S. dominance in AI. Framed as an “industrial revolution and renaissance all at once,” it promotes rapid data center buildout, deregulation of AI tools, and full-stack AI exports to allies.

Healthcare is a key focus. The plan flags the sector’s sluggish AI adoption and pushes a “try-first” culture to encourage experimentation. It calls for regulatory sandboxes with agencies like the FDA, new AI Centers of Excellence, and better access to health datasets. Expect tax incentives for AI upskilling, real-world clinical simulations, and federal benchmarks for AI in diagnostics, imaging, and workflows. For startups and systems building in healthcare AI, this is a clear green light. (link)(tweet)

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OpenAI drops largest clinical AI study ever

OpenAI just dropped the largest real-world study of clinical AI, teaming up with Kenya’s Penda Health to test its GPT-4o-powered tool, AI Consult. Over 40,000 patient visits, 106 clinicians, and 15 clinics, the AI flagged potential mistakes using a simple traffic light system built into the EHR. The results were impressive: a 16% drop in diagnostic errors, 13% fewer treatment mistakes, and 32% fewer history-taking errors. Clinicians improved over time and triggered fewer alerts, with all of them saying the tool made their care better.

The visits were a bit longer, and patient-reported outcomes didn’t shift much, but the core takeaway is big: AI copilots can reduce errors in real clinical settings. And places like Kenya may lead the way, thanks to fewer legacy systems, more provider openness, and less regulatory red tape. It's a real glimpse at AI’s clinical potential, especially how real-world implementation could meaningfully scale in developing nations. (link)(linkedin)

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2025 clinician of the future report

AI use in healthcare is rising fast, and clinicians are both hopeful and overwhelmed. Elsevier’s 2025 Clinician of the Future report found that 48% of clinicians now use AI at work, nearly double from last year. Most rely on general-purpose tools like ChatGPT (97%) rather than medical-specific solutions (76%). Chinese clinicians lead adoption at 71%, while the U.S. lags near the bottom at 36%. Despite rising usage, only 30% of clinicians feel supported by their institutions with proper training or guidance. Clinicians believe AI will help save time, improve diagnoses, and boost patient outcomes over the next few years, but concerns remain around burnout, misinformation, and technology readiness. Many say they don’t have enough time to deliver quality care, and nearly half feel exhaustion is impacting patient outcomes. The takeaway: AI adoption is accelerating, but better support is needed to make it more effective in clinical practice. (link)

Tools & Partnerships 🔧

Latest on business, consumer, and clinical healthcare AI tools and partnerships…

TOOLS

• AI builds cancer-targeting proteins in weeks: Scientists at Technical University of Denmark used AI models and AlphaFold2 to design T-cell-guiding proteins in record time, pointing toward faster, more personalized cancer treatments. (link)

• Doximity launches free AI scribe: Doximity Scribe is now available at no cost to doctors on its ad-supported platform, marking a major step in the commoditization of AI scribes and positioning Doximity as a top-of-funnel magnet. (link)

• Innovaccer launches AI tool to reduce readmissions: The new solution predicts high-risk patients and streamlines interventions to help health systems avoid CMS penalties, building on tools like Care Copilot and Pre-Call Coordinator. (link)

• Slingshot launches Ash, an AI therapy chatbot: Ash uses transcripts from human therapy sessions to provide conversational mental health support and adjust its tone based on user input. Slingshot is building a foundation model for psychology and its first release, Ash, is now available in the App Store. (link)

• Duke releases a foundation model for MRI analysis: The open-source model was trained on 6.9M images and outperforms current methods on segmentation tasks. Built using DINOv2 and Segment Anything. (link)

• Qualifacts expands AI tools for behavioral health: The EHR vendor is rolling out new features to cut notetaking time, support 120+ languages, and automate admin tasks like scheduling and RCM. (link)

• OpenAI quietly enters hospital market with ChatGPT for Business: OpenAI is now marketing clinical tools like note summarization and patient Q&A directly to provider orgs, bypassing startups built on GPT. The move pressures middleware vendors to differentiate. (link)

• Define Ventures trains launches AI healthtech fellowship: The early-stage digital health VC firm launched an AI Fellows program to help entrepreneurs build practical healthcare AI startups, with strategy sessions, customer insights, and exec mentorship. (link)

• Latent Labs launches web-based AI tool for protein design: The YC-backed biotech startup aims to democratize protein engineering with a new platform, opening access to a field traditionally dominated by big pharma. (link)

• Cohere Labs launches Catalyst Grants to support mission-driven AI: The new program offers free access to Cohere’s models for teams working on challenges in healthcare, education, climate, and more. (link)

• CHAI convenes AI “tiger team” for Medicaid work requirement rules: The Coalition for Health AI is fast-tracking a team to explore how AI could support eligibility reviews under new Medicaid work mandates, aiming to balance efficiency with equity. (link)

• OpenAI to release GPT-5 in August: CEO Sam Altman confirmed the long-awaited model is coming “soon,” with early testing already underway. GPT-5 is expected to significantly improve reasoning, reliability, and multimodal capabilities. (link)

PARTNERSHIPS

• Komodo Health + Anervea.ai: Anervea.ai will build and deploy AI-powered clinical research applications on Komodo’s MapLab Enterprise platform to support next-generation real-world evidence generation. (link)

• Advocate Health + Aidoc: Advocate Health is expanding its pilot of Aidoc’s AI imaging triage solution across the enterprise to enhance diagnostic speed and care coordination. (link)

• Omega Healthcare + Microsoft: Omega expanded its Microsoft partnership to launch 20+ new GenAI tools on Azure AI Foundry, automating complex RCM workflows like denials, appeals, and call center ops. (link)

• US Orthopaedic Partners + Adonis: USOP selected Adonis to deploy AI agents and analytics tools to streamline revenue cycle operations and boost financial performance across its network. (link)

Deal Desk 💸 

Spotlight on latest capital raises, M&A, and investments…

FUNDING

• Aidoc, a clinical AI platform, raised $150M in funding, led by General Catalyst and Square Peg, with participation from NVentures (NVIDIA’s VC arm) and four major U.S. health systems (Hartford HealthCare, Mercy, Sutter Health, and WellSpan Health). (link)

• Nudge, an SF-based developer of brain interface technology, raised $100M in Series A funding led by Thrive Capital and Greenoaks. (link)

• Slingshot AI, a developer of a foundation model for psychology, raised $53M in an extension of Series A funding, co-led by Radical Ventures and Forerunner Ventures, joining previous investors a16z, Felicis, and Menlo. (link)

• Charta Health, an AI-enabled platform that automates billing and coding workflows, has secured $22M in Series A funding. Bain Capital Ventures led the round, with participation from others. (link)

• Bitfount, a London, U.K.-based platform that allows health care providers and pharmaceutical companies to share clinical research data without violating privacy laws, raised $8M in Series A funding. (link) 

• Everlab, a Melbourne, Australia-based AI-powered health platform designed for preventive care, raised $10M in seed funding. Left Lane Capital led the round. (link)

MERGERS & ACQUISTIONS

• Waystar + Iodine Software: Waystar plans to acquire AI-driven RCM company Iodine Software, its first acquisition since going public last year. Waystar, a healthcare payment software maker, will acquire Iodine from shareholders led by Advent International, a global PE investor, for $1.25B. (link)

Other Relevant News 🔍

News, podcasts, blogs, tweets, resources, etc…

• Patients trust AI-using doctors less, JAMA study finds (link)

• Medical AI enters the generative era (link)

• AI outranks EHR fixes and burnout as top tech priority (link)

• Is AI regulation good for healthcare? (link)

• The hater’s guide to the AI bubble (link)

AI Job Opportunities 💼 

Contact us to feature roles in our newsletter…

• AI Engineer at Tennr, a healthcare AI automation platform for patient referrals

  $NA | NYC (link)

• Chief of Staff at Neon Health, an AI-powered patient access platform

  $125 - $195k | SF (link)

• Strategic Growth Director at Aidoc, a clinical AI imaging platform
  $NA | USA (link)

• PM Director, AI & Innovation at Evolent, a specialty care management platform

  $130 - $160k | Remote (link)

• Applied AI Systems Engineer at Neon Health, an AI platform for patient access

  $140 - $200k | SF (link)

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