<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent"&gt;February 23, 2026: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-hansen-24b1391/" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent"&gt;Jacob Hansen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent"&gt;, Chief Product and Technology Officer at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://avasure.com/" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent"&gt;AvaSure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent"&gt;, joins Bill, Sarah, and Drex for a critical conversation about healthcare's looming AI battleground. As Epic launches its agent factory and ambient listening wars intensify, health systems face an existential question: Will they outsource innovation to EHR vendors or build their own agentic workforce? Jacob reveals why AvaSure's virtual care platform positions them as the Switzerland of healthcare AI, while the panel debates whether CIOs should embrace "reverse meaningful use" and reclaim control, or risk becoming order-takers in someone else's automation revolution.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent"&gt;Key Points:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent"&gt;05:21 Vendor Consolidation and AI Use Cases&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent"&gt;09:55 Epic's Code Red Moment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent"&gt;14:54 The Future of AI in Healthcare&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent"&gt;33:11 Conclusion and Final Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent"&gt;Golf Tournament Registration:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://carahevents.carahsoft.com/Event/Details/686801-ThisWeekHealth" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent"&gt;https://carahevents.carahsoft.com/Event/Details/686801-ThisWeekHealth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent"&gt;X&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/thisweekhealth" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent"&gt;: This Week Health&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/ThisWeekHealth" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent"&gt;LinkedIn: This Week Health&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.alexslemonade.org/mypage/3173454" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent"&gt;Donate: Alex’s Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Newsday: Epic's Code Red - Why AI Agents Are Healthcare's Next Power Struggle with Jacob Hansen

FEB 23, 202636 MIN
UnHack with Drex DeFord

Newsday: Epic's Code Red - Why AI Agents Are Healthcare's Next Power Struggle with Jacob Hansen

FEB 23, 202636 MIN

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February 23, 2026: Jacob Hansen, Chief Product and Technology Officer at AvaSure, joins Bill, Sarah, and Drex for a critical conversation about healthcare's looming AI battleground. As Epic launches its agent factory and ambient listening wars intensify, health systems face an existential question: Will they outsource innovation to EHR vendors or build their own agentic workforce? Jacob reveals why AvaSure's virtual care platform positions them as the Switzerland of healthcare AI, while the panel debates whether CIOs should embrace "reverse meaningful use" and reclaim control, or risk becoming order-takers in someone else's automation revolution.Key Points:05:21 Vendor Consolidation and AI Use Cases09:55 Epic's Code Red Moment14:54 The Future of AI in Healthcare33:11 Conclusion and Final ThoughtsGolf Tournament Registration: https://carahevents.carahsoft.com/Event/Details/686801-ThisWeekHealthX: This Week HealthLinkedIn: This Week HealthDonate: Alex’s Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer