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 Analysis: Amazon One Medical’s Health AI Assistant—Agentic Care or Algorithmic Gatekeeping?
HIT Consultant - (Wednesday January 21, 2026) What You Should Know – Amazon One Medical has launched Health AI, an agentic assistant integrated into the One Medical app that provides 24/7 personalized health guidance grounded in a member’s unique medical history. – The…  Healthcare AI Potpourri – 2026 Health IT Predictions
Healthcare IT Today - (Wednesday January 21, 2026) As we wrap up another year and get ready for 2026 to begin, it is once again time for everyone’s favorite annual tradition of Health IT Predictions! We reached out to our incredible Healthcare… |
 Healthcare AI News 1/21/26
HIStalk - (Wednesday January 21, 2026) News Authors from the ARISE academic medical center AI research network predict that 2026 will bring the first AI-related malpractice lawsuit, widespread rollout of urgent-care AI agents, and an escalating AI arms race between health…  Gates Foundation, OpenAI launch AI healthcare initiative in Africa
MobiHealthNews - (Wednesday January 21, 2026) Gates Foundation, OpenAI launch AI healthcare initiative in Africa | MobiHealthNews… |
 4DMedical Secures $100M+ to Scale U.S. Respiratory Imaging Rollout
HIT Consultant - (Wednesday January 21, 2026) What You Should Know: – 4DMedical, the leader in software-based respiratory imaging technology, today announced US$100+ million (AU$150 million) in new institutional placement. – The investment will primarily be leveraged to accelerate U.S. adoption of its class-leading “CT:VQ™”…  AnswersNow Secures $40M to Disrupt Broken Autism Support Systems
HIT Consultant - (Wednesday January 21, 2026) What You Should Know: – AnswersNow, the leader in virtual Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) therapy, today announced that it has raised $40 million in Series B funding led by HealthQuest Capital, with participation from existing investors Left Lane… |
 California Adds Guardrails to AI-Powered Medical Chats
HealthTech Magazine - (Wednesday January 21, 2026) Regulating AI Behavior, Not AI Theory  Zarminali Pediatrics Secures $110M to Solve America’s Child Health Crisis
HIT Consultant - (Wednesday January 21, 2026) What You Should Know: – Zarminali Pediatrics, the first outpatient pediatric destination purpose-built to provide integrated primary and specialty care nationwide, today announced a $110M Series A funding round. – Healthier Capital led the round, along with participation from… |
 Akumin’s Drop Trailer Brings Mobile Imaging to Ground Level
Healthcare IT Today - (Wednesday January 21, 2026) Imaging demand keeps climbing, while fixed-site expansion remains slow, expensive, and disruptive. Mobile imaging helps, but traditional trailers introduce their own risks and workflow restrictions. Akumin dropped a new solution at RSNA25 that improves…  Greenway’s Reality Check on Manual Data Exchange and Shrinking Roadmaps
Healthcare IT Today - (Wednesday January 21, 2026) The pace of change in health IT has outgrown traditional multi-year roadmaps. In an exclusive sit-down interview at the Greenway Health User Conference (#Engage2025), David Cohen, Chief Product and Technology Officer explained why the… |