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The most overlooked healthcare partnership just dropped.
While everyone’s focused on ChatGPT and consumer AI, Cognizant and Palantir quietly announced something that could fundamentally reshape how health systems operate.
Here’s what happened: On February 5, these two giants revealed they’re combining forces. Palantir’s Foundry and AIP platforms will integrate directly with Cognizant’s TriZetto systems, which already process claims for 180+ million Americans.
Why this matters more than you think:
🔹 TriZetto touches 60% of US healthcare transactions
🔹 Palantir’s tech already powers critical government operations
🔹 Together, they’re building AI for regulated environments, not chatbots
Think about it: Most AI in healthcare fails because it can’t navigate compliance, security, and legacy systems. This partnership attacks all three problems simultaneously.
The real disruption? They’re not building another point solution. They’re creating infrastructure that lets health systems deploy AI across operations, from prior authorization to population health, without ripping out existing systems.
Remember when Epic became the operating system for hospitals? This could be the AI layer that sits on top of everything.
Here’s what healthcare executives should ask:
• How fast can this reduce administrative burden?
• Will smaller health systems get priced out?
• What happens to vendors building similar solutions?
The companies targeting “secure, scalable AI for regulated environments” tells you everything. They’re not chasing headlines. They’re chasing the boring, complex problems that actually run healthcare.
My take: Watch for early adopters in the next 6 months. The health systems that move first on this infrastructure play could gain a multi-year advantage in operational efficiency.
The AI revolution in healthcare won’t come from flashy demos. It’ll come from partnerships like this that solve the unsexy problems keeping CEOs up at night.
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I help patients get the care they need earlier, preventing late-stage cancer.
That’s been the throughline across three companies and almost 20 years in healthcare. At ReferralMD, we fixed broken referral networks so patients didn’t fall through the cracks. At Oatmeal Health, it’s lung cancer: building the diagnostic and screening infrastructure so the 85% of cases caught too late get caught early instead.
Today as CEO of Oatmeal Health, I lead a team embedding AI into radiology workflows to turn routine lung CT scans into reimbursable cancer risk assessments. We partner with FQHCs to reach underserved communities, and with health systems and payers to make early detection economically sustainable. Think HeartFlow or Cleerly, but for lungs.
Between companies, I advised at Techstars and Plug and Play, mentoring founders building in digital health. That experience shaped how I think about what separates companies that ship from companies that stall: distribution, reimbursement, and clinical trust, not just technology.
I’m a CancerX alumnus, a 3x healthcare founder, and someone who believes the biggest problems in cancer aren’t scientific. They’re operational.
We’re hiring mission-driven builders at Oatmeal Health. If you want to work on something that matters, reach out.
When I’m not working, I’m traveling, mentoring, and keeping up with one very energetic husky. 🐾
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