Happy Friday everyone! We hope you had an amazing week and helped many patients through the work you do. Since it’s Friday, we’re back with another edition of Fun Friday where we try to bring a smile to your face and maybe some insight into the crazy world that is healthcare as you head into your weekend. This week we have a number of great cartoons that I think will cause you to pause and also laugh.
This picture from Khalid Turk definitely captures some of the feelings many of us have coming out of the ViVE and HIMSS conferences. Especially with them being back to back. As you know, we attend a lot of healthcare IT conferences, but those 2 back to back is a lot. The bag of conference swag and the robot saying “You were qualified” definitely sends an interesting message too. Of course, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that we’re holding our Swaay.Health LIVE marketing conference later this month if you want to learn how to not connect like a robot to attendees at conferences.
Today on ChatGPT for health
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— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 24, 2026
I think we’ve often heard about patients using ChatGPT for Second Opinions. The irony of the doctor using ChatGPT as a second opinion is funny. I especially love how Eric Topol links to a study about how well ChatGPT is at triaging (ie. not very good).
What’s interesting is that this almost seems inevitable to me in some form. Although, we need much better guardrails and privacy than what ChatGPT offers.
This next cartoon was actually sent in by a regular Healthcare IT Today reader who created this graphic after the large cuts by Oracle. In the cartoon, this reader compares Oracle’s decisions to house flipping (ie. taking from Cerner to build data centers for AI). See what you think.
I personally think this comparison is interesting. There’s no doubt that Oracle sees the future revenue from these AI data centers. Although, I think Cerner is just a small portion of the dollars they really need for this effort. So, if it was a house flip, Oracle didn’t do a very good job on the house flip which is kind of sad. In the right hands, Cerner could have been so much more. That said, I’m still interested to see what Oracle does with Cerner. While Epic certainly has a dominant position, I’ve learned more and more about how Oracle Health is having success with their existing clients and some niches where Epic doesn’t really play. So, we’ll see how it plays out.
Happy Friday everyone! Have a great weekend!
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