Member Developments - October 2026
Qualified Health
At University of Rochester Medicine, 261 staff members built more than 500 AI assistants during a six-week challenge using Qualified Health’s Assistant Builder. With training and hands-on support, employees created tools to address everyday needs, from evaluating vendor proposals to analyzing cardiology procedure volumes, with selected assistants moving through governance review for broader use.
Suki
As ambient AI becomes part of clinical practice, preparing nurses to use it shouldn’t begin on their first day at the bedside. Suki is partnering with nursing educators to bring ambient AI into simulation, helping students build familiarity with AI-enabled documentation while developing the clinical judgment and communication skills needed to use these tools responsibly. Reference our research to learn how nursing schools and health systems can begin preparing the future nursing workforce for an AI-enabled environment.
Harmony
Harmony’s webinar, How to Migrate from Hyland OnBase to Epic Gallery, provides a step-by-step overview of the migration from Hyland OnBase to Epic Gallery as organizations transition from third party document management systems.
Hummingbird Healthcare
In partnership with Hummingbird Healthcare, Monument Health modernized its patient access through its Care Connect initiative, growing daily completed cardiology appointments by 19% in just four months, without adding providers or clinic hours. By rebuilding provider scheduling templates, turning on online scheduling for patients, redesigning referral workflows, and automating waitlist management, existing capacity was unlocked for patients. Today at Monument Health, online scheduling has grown from 0% to 7.3% of visits, and no-show rates are down 30%, showcasing real progress in making it easier for patients to get the care they need.
Ensemble
Ensemble released the Coverage Disruption Playbook to help healthcare executives prepare for the 2026-2028 planning cycle, as coverage instability becomes an increasingly important financial and operational consideration. Drawing on experience supporting leading health systems, the playbook outlines four budgeting priorities and three mitigation strategies to help organizations identify coverage gaps earlier, reduce avoidable self-pay conversion, and protect patient access to care.
McDermott Will & Schulte
As financial pressures mount, physician alignment can be a low-cost lever for hospitals and health systems to strengthen margins, network integrity, and operational performance. Explore three strategies leaders can consider now – integrating outpatient and physician alignment approaches, getting more from existing compensation and contracts, and using value-based structures to create greater flexibility – without necessarily requiring significant capital investment.
Helix
Helix has been selected by Precure, LLC as its multi-omics lab and AI tools provider. Precure is a new Mayo Clinic-led initiative bringing together clinical expertise, population-scale molecular data, and longitudinal clinical information to advance precision medicine as the standard of care. Helix will generate clinical whole genome sequencing and proteomics data from one million individuals, creating new opportunities to identify early biological signals of disease and accelerate the integration of molecular insights into routine clinical care.
Read the full press release here.
Laudio Insights
The newest AONL–Laudio Insights report, based on national data from 41,500 RNs and 70,500 ladder applications, reveals how Clinical Ladder Programs (CLPs) vary widely in design, participation, and impact — and what nurse leaders can do to modernize them for stronger engagement, retention, and career growth.
Rainfall Health
Rainfall Health, which kicked off 2026 with its Series A funding round in February, announced in September that it's officially part of the Mayo ecosystem. Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida is implementing Rainfall’s platform to support care coordination and compliance activities associated with CMS’ Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), which launched January 1, 2026.