Zocdoc opened its network to AI agents on October 28: with a patient's explicit consent, an agent can find a vetted doctor, verify insurance and book a confirmed appointment. Agent traffic on Zocdoc had already grown nearly 30-fold since July.
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Microsoft's MAI-DxO solved 83% of complex diagnostic cases in a Science study; generalist physicians working alone with references solved 36%.
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JAMA published the largest look yet at how clinicians use AI: 952,008 US clinicians, 271 million questions, two and a half years.
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Epic found flaws in certain MyChart configurations that could let someone view patient records without the access appearing in an audit trail — by pointing an AI at its own software.
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September was the month the purchasers showed themselves: a major insurer bought frontier AI, a federal agency committed $62.7 million, the EU named healthcare a priority sector, the White House ordered an AI front door to federal health services.
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Cigna and OpenAI are embedding frontier reasoning models into oncology care management, starting with nurses and case managers across Cigna Healthcare and Accredo Specialty Pharmacy.
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An FDA advisory panel endorsed GRAIL's Galleri on 23 September, the first federal advisory group ever to back a multi-cancer screening blood test.
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