Epic’s AI Scribe, Real-Time Prior Authorization, AI Therapy Ban, Ransomware Takedown, Cardinal’s $1.9B Move — and a Call to Bring Patients Into AI Design Today’s HITshow Daily is packed with stories hospital and health system executives can’t afford to miss: Epic’s AI-powered scribe launch called a watershed moment — Peter Betterworth Highmark Health + Abridge debut AI scribe with real-time prior auth — Jade Romero Illinois bans AI from making mental health therapy decisions without clinician oversight — Nate Collier Feds dismantle ransomware group targeting hospitals — Anika Shah Cardinal Health to acquire Solaris Health for $1.9 billion — Logan Stokes Elemeno Health joins the 2025 Inc. 5000 list — Teresa Vaughn We close with Perspectives from the HITshow Network — patient advocate Grace Cordivano on why AI in healthcare must be built with patients, not just for them.