Headline 1: OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health with b.well integration for personal health data sync and review Summary: Consumer health questions are moving into an AI interface that can connect to real records, which could reshape how people understand, navigate, and trust care.

Headline 2: 67% of physicians report daily AI use in practice Summary: AI is already embedded in clinical work, and the real challenge now is governance, training, and making sure adoption is safe and consistent.

Headline 3: Revenue cycle leaders warn AI could accelerate denials unless payers and providers align Summary: Claims, denials, and prior auth are becoming the next AI battleground, and leaders will either use AI to reduce friction or scale it.

Sanford Health doubles down on its provider-led health plan to counter Medicare Advantage pressures and signals why tighter care plus coverage integration is becoming a real strategy.

FDA announces sweeping changes to the oversight of wearables and AI-enabled devices and shifts more of the “is this safe and real” burden from regulators to buyers.

OpenAI says 40 million people use ChatGPT daily for healthcare questions and forces the uncomfortable truth that AI is already an unofficial front door, whether healthcare leaders like it or not.

2026 Outlook: Hybrid care companies poised for strong growth (Fierce Healthcare) 21,000 New York nurses to launch strike Jan. 12 (Fierce Healthcare) Tech Compass 2026: AI optimism rises, but people want a “pause button” (Bosch)