OpenAI sued for ChatGPT “practicing medicine without a license” after “inaccurate medical guidance”–and may be the first of its type. The lawsuit filed in Superior Court of California, San Francisco, by pastor Scott Winters, claims that ChatGPT information served to the Florida pastor caused him to delay care for what turned out to be a pulmonary embolism. His filing claims that he was “brought to the brink of death” by ChatGPT’s information that mimicked a pastoral language style and minimized the importance of his symptoms, discouraging his seeking medical care. The account in Becker’s is distressing, with claims such as that ChatGPT told Pastor Winters that “early signs of his health problems were “not something dangerous” and discouraged him from seeking medical care, urging him instead to trust that “God did not design your body to endlessly fail.” After confining himself to a recliner and suffering recurring symptoms such as groin pain and dizzy spells over June and July 2025, he suffered a “massive pulmonary embolism due to multiple blood clots in both of his lungs that brought him to the brink of death, one that his doctors stated was likely brought on because of his immobility”. The lawsuit charges both OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman with negligence, unlicensed practice of medicine, defective product design and other claims. It seeks financial damages and for the court to compel OpenAI to implement “reasonable safeguards that protect other users from harm”. Pastor Winter is represented by Tech Justice Law and the Social Media Victims Law Center. BBC News

Cleveland Clinic premiers medication drone delivery with the promise of more. The catch for now is that the Zipline drones only operate for now within a five-mile radius of Cleveland Clinic’s Beachwood Administrative Campus and for patients already utilizing home delivery for select medications, excluding controlled substances. According to their Facebook post, “the drones use an innovative delivery method and do not land in patients’ yards. When a prescription is ready, a Cleveland Clinic pharmacy technician will place the package into a secure drop box. The electric drone then autonomously retrieves the order, and flies to its destination. Upon arrival, the drone stays up to 300 feet in the air while a pod containing the package descends to the ground on a tether.” This Editor wonders if the operator or the drone calls ahead to be on the lookout; these drones fly up to 70 mph! If successful, Cleveland Clinic plans to expand the drone delivery to other locations and for other items such as other medications, lab samples, medically tailored meals and supplies. Other healthcare organizations have been experimenting with drone delivery, such as Zipline with Walmart in Dallas-Fort Worth since 2020 for over-the-counter and select pharmacy products. Advocate Health next year will use Zipline for prescriptions, lab tests and medical supplies in Charlotte, North Carolina, then Chicago and Milwaukee. Zipline’s most interesting use of drone delivery will be a $150 million program in conjunction with the US State Department for delivery of blood and medical supplies to as many as 15,000 health facilities across African nations, including Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Rwanda (State Department release). Healthcare IT News

Solventum to separate its health information systems business from their medtech. This is positioned as a concentration on their medical-surgical and dental solutions business. HIS generates about $1.4 billion in sales, including an ongoing contract with the Department of War for their MHS GENESIS clinical documentation and coding, a relationship that will end in July 2027 as functions are assumed by the Defense Health Agency [TTA 19 June]. The release does not give divorce details and there is a ton of ‘strategic’ boilerplate designed for investors. Apparently multiple alternatives are being evaluated with expected completion within 12 to 18 months. It concludes with “No decision has been made regarding the ultimate structure or timing of any potential transaction, and there can be no assurance that a separation will occur.” Puzzling.

Solventum was spun off from 3M in 2024 as a public company traded on the NYSE. 3M shareholders received one Solventum share for every four 3M shares.

Revenue cycle and financial management Federal/enterprise provider Unlimited Technology feels the unlimited sting of a hack. In the second largest healthcare breach reported this year, 3.8 million records were breached by an unauthorized user via a network server between 5-10 October 2025, according to a report on Health and Human Services (HHS)’s HIPAA Cases Currently Under Investigation page. According to a class action law firm release in July, UT’s breached records had the full gamut of PII, including names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, email and mailing addresses, phone numbers, demographic information, and scanned documents such as copies of driver’s licenses or other government identification, insurance cards, and intake forms. PHI may potentially include insurance policy numbers, claims and benefits information, medical record numbers, dates of service, and diagnosis information. UT has no statement on its website other than confirming it was ransomware, nor has it identified any perpetrators. Affected patients were notified starting last month and offered identity monitoring services through Kroll.

Vendor breaches are on the rise. HHS has proposed tightening the HIPAA Security Rule’s requirements for vendor oversight, though that has not been done yet. And vendors like UT aren’t small. Per their website, UT serves US specialty healthcare providers in 4,500 clinics and 6,500 specialty healthcare providers, processing more than $70 billion in net healthcare charges annually.  Bleeping Computer, MedCityNews

Another affordable approach for assisting those with mild to moderate hearing loss via Samsung. Their Galaxy Buds Pro in-ear device just received FDA clearance for its Galaxy Buds Hearing Aid feature. The app is considered to be an over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid functioning in conjunction with Galaxy Buds3 Pro and Galaxy Buds4 Pro. Users with the Buds must use them to do a self-assessment of their hearing via the Hearing Test feature. It uses pure-tone audiometry to assess hearing deficits, whether the user requires assistance and at what level. The Galaxy Buds Pro models run about $250 retail and the Hearing Aid feature debuts Q4 in the US.  Mobihealthnews