The startups threatened by Epic’s new AI

Mario Aguilar covers technology in health care, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable devices, telehealth, and digital therapeutics. His stories explore how tech is changing the practice of health care and the business and policy challenges to realizing tech’s promise. He’s also the co-author of the free, twice weekly STAT Health Tech newsletter. You can reach Mario on Signal at mariojoze.13.

Today, a look at the news out of Epic’s big customer hoedown in Wisconsin. Plus: Great stories about the impacts of CGMs and AI scribes.

You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how technology is transforming the life sciences. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday.

The startups threatened by Epic’s new AI

Epic Systems announced a bevy of new AI products at the annual meeting for its EHR customers this week, including an AI scribe and AI assistants aimed at clinicians, patients, and admin staff. My colleague Brittany Trang was on the ground reporting from the event. Read her full dispatch here.