HITshow Daily: August 12, 2025 (Tuesday)

Epic’s AI Scribe, Real-Time Prior Authorization, AI Therapy Ban, Ransomware Takedown, Cardinal’s $1.9B Move — and a Call to Bring Patients Into AI Design Today’s HITshow Daily is packed with stories hospital and health system executives can’t afford to miss: Epic’s AI-powered scribe launch called a watershed moment — Peter Betterworth Highmark Health + Abridge debut AI scribe with real-time prior auth — Jade Romero Illinois bans AI from making mental health therapy decisions without clinician oversight — Nate Collier Feds dismantle ransomware group targeting hospitals — Anika Shah Cardinal Health to acquire Solaris Health for $1.9 billion — Logan Stokes Elemeno Health joins the 2025 Inc. 5000 list — Teresa Vaughn We close with Perspectives from the HITshow Network — patient advocate Grace Cordivano on why AI in healthcare must be built with patients, not just for them. 🎧 Listen now on HIT.show or wherever you get your podcasts.💬 Read Grace Cordivano’s full post here >> https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gcordovano_chatgpt5-patientsuseai-patientsincluded-activity-7359692616768086016-Hc10 Presented by: Altera Digital Health and Kimmchi Hashtags:#HITshow #HealthcareNews #HealthSystems #HospitalLeadership #DigitalHealth #AIinHealthcare #HealthIT #Cybersecurity #HealthcareInnovation #HealthcareLeadership #Epic #HighmarkHealth #Abridge #CardinalHealth #SolarisHealth #ElemenoHealth #PatientAdvocacy