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Issue #327

| View in browser Brought to you by BigRio and Damo. January 27, 2026l Issue #327 Subscribe New Launch!  Download Your Copy Inside the Minds of AI Leaders Insights, Initiatives, and the 2026 Strategic Playbook  The Big Unlock podcast keeps you at the forefront of healthcare’s digital transformation, featuring candid conversations with C-suite leaders on AI adoption, digital health innovation, and emerging technologies.   This playbook is a compilation of Season 6 of the podcast, spotlighting real-world insights on embedding AI into clinical workflows, reducing clinician burden, and rehumanizing care. With over 190 episodes, the podcast continues to unlock fresh perspectives shaping the future of healthcare.  Essential Reading for Leaders Driving AI Transformation Across Healthcare and Life Sciences   NEW BOOK  GENERATIVE AI Unlocking the Next Chapter in Healthcare by ROHIT MAHAJAN and RITU M. UBEROY Foreword by Edward Marx Written for clinicians, executives, innovators, and policy makers and patients alike, this definitive volume distils the expertise of industry pioneers into an accessible roadmap. Whether you’re leading a hospital, building health tech solutions, a tech startup, or simply curious about the future of care, Generative AI: Unlocking the Next Chapter in Healthcare delivers the insight, inspiration, and practical guidance you need to thrive in the era where human empathy and machine intelligence work side by side. Learn more 🔍 Top Insights Amazon One Medical introduces agentic Health AI assistant for simpler, personalized, and more actionable health care Anthropic publishes Claude's 'Constitution' Deloitte Study: AI transformation reveals productivity for most, business reimagination for a few Nearly a 5th of healthcare professionals use unauthorized AI tools at work The Big Unlock Podcast AI Succeeds Through Seamless Workflow Integration and Clinician Empowerment  with Chethan Sathya, MD, VP of Strategic Initiatives, Northwell Health  Learn more Fixing Healthcare’s “Blind Men and the Elephant” Data Problem with Jonathan Bush, Founder & CEO, Zus Health Learn more Funding and M&A Moves OpenEvidence scores $250M, doubles valuation to $12B 🤖 AI in Action Use Case of the Week: AI-Powered Prescription Refill Automation   Health System: Utah AI Pilot Program     Utah partnered with Doctronic to pilot an AI system that autonomously authorizes routine prescription refills for chronic conditions. The AI reviews patient history, manages renewals, and sends them to pharmacists, aiming to reduce clinician burden, improve medication adherence, and close care gaps.  📊 Industry Spotlight Manage Your AI Investments Like a Portfolio Op-ed: 'Gym Membership Syndrome'—Why adherence is the real battleground for health plans in 2026 2026 House spending bill proposes 2-year telehealth and 5-year hospital-at-home waiver extensions 🧠 Thought Leadership What Does 2026 Hold for AI and Healthcare? A Look at the Year Ahead AI May Improve Healthcare Access, But Will Rural and Underserved Communities Trust It? Top 10 AI Trends Shaping Healthcare in 2025: Insights from Season 6 of The Big Unlock 💬 From the Frontlines “There’s no possible way that humans, any human, physician or non-physician, can digest the amount of evidence out there and actually know what the latest is with respect to every single guideline. So if you can have a computer and an algorithm help you do that, it would be a disservice not to use that for our patients.”   —  Chethan Sathya, MD, VP of Strategic Initiatives, Northwell Health  (The Big Unlock Podcast Episode #194)  📅 Upcoming Events The AI Summit, New York - Dec 10-11, 2025 I Javits Center, New York FALL 2025 Innovators Summit - Dec 2-4, 2025 I NYC Open Jobs Software Engineer – Application Development Health Exchange Consultant Epic Integration Analyst Quality Assurance Engineer, Knowledge Informatics   BigRio, Harvard Square, One Miffin Place, Suite 400, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States Unsubscribe Manage preferences |
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