HITshow Daily: January 13, 2026 (Tuesday) — JPM Week Coverage, Day 2

About this episode

The episode covers the ongoing NYC nurses strike and various healthcare technology advancements discussed during JPM week.

Today on HITshow: Continuing JPM week coverage from San Francisco where the big theme is practical: healthcare AI is getting closer to the work, the visit, the record, and the back office. Breaking: NYC nurses strike enters second day with roughly 15,000 nurses walking out across multiple private hospital systems. Plus: HCA and MEDITECH announce Expanse is now live across 43 HCA hospitals, Owkin unveils agentic infrastructure trained on multimodal patient data, Hippocratic AI acquires Grove AI for clinical trial operations, Abridge and Availity team up for real-time prior authorization, and OpenAI reportedly acquiring Torch for around $100M. HOST: RHONDA BROOKS 📍 Breaking News --- Rhonda Brooks A major NYC nurses strike is now in its second day, with roughly 15,000 nurses walking out across multiple private hospital systems. Hospitals are working to maintain services with contingency staffing, and state leaders have taken emergency steps to give hospitals more flexibility to bring in temporary workers. Both sides continue to urge patients not to delay care. 📍 Health IT --- Peter Betterworth HCA and MEDITECH announced MEDITECH Expanse is now live across 43 HCA hospitals…

People in this episode

Host: Rhonda Brooks

Guest: Nate Collier

Topics covered

• healthcare AI
• nurses strike
• health IT
• automation
• clinical trials
• real-time authorization

Keywords

• healthcare AI
• nurses strike
• HCA
• MEDITECH
• Owkin
• Hippocratic AI
• OpenAI
• Torch

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HCA, MEDITECH, Owkin, Hippocratic AI, Grove AI, Abridge, Availity, OpenAI, Torch

Places: New York City, San Francisco

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