Daily Briefing for October 22, 2026
Physician in the Loop · Oct 22, 2026 · 5:58
Physician in the Loop · Oct 22, 2026 · 5:58
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Epic lets its AI assistants reach into other companies' apps
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Epic Systems on Oct. 21 introduced Connectors, which link outside developers' apps to its electronic health record so Epic's AI assistants can pull information from those apps and complete tasks in them.
Health care organizations can find developer-built Connectors in Epic's Showroom marketplace starting in March 2027 and can review what each one reads and changes before switching it on, the company said. Epic plans to begin testing with some health system partners by the end of 2026 and will charge developers to distribute Connectors, Fierce Healthcare reported. The announcement came at Epic's Open@Epic developer conference, where an Epic executive also said consumer chatbots that pull patient records are adding traffic and cost for health systems.
Elsewhere, the American Hospital Association asked the Food and Drug Administration to make AI developers primarily responsible for monitoring generative AI devices, and five large employers backed extending electronic prior authorization to self-funded health plans, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said.
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