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.