{
  "id": 12879704,
  "title": "Suki launches ‘Ask’ feature for clinical decision support driven by Wolters Kluwer UpToDate AI API",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/suki-launches-ask-feature-for-clinical-decision-support-driven-by",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-08T11:46:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fierce Healthcare",
    "slug": "fierce-healthcare",
    "url": "https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/ai-and-machine-learning/suki-launches-ask-feature-clinical-decision-support-driven-wolters-kluwer"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Suki unveiled a new \"Ask\" feature on Thursday that enables clinicians to pose intricate clinical queries through Wolters Kluwer's UpToDate Expert AI API, directly within the Suki for Clinicians application. This tool integrates evidence-based clinical reasoning into healthcare workflows and presents answers based on UpToDate's proprietary content. It marks the initial product integration of the UpToDate Expert AI API, according to both companies. The content is crafted and maintained by over 7,600 physician authors, editors, and peer reviewers, executives stated.\n\nYaw Fellin, Wolters Kluwer Health's SVP and general manager of clinical decision support and provider solutions, informed Fierce Healthcare that clinicians rely on UpToDate for evidence-based, peer-reviewed clinical intelligence to make informed clinical decisions. He explained that the goal is to make UpToDate accessible to healthcare professionals wherever and however they need it, whether they are accessing UpToDate directly, via an AI interface, or through deeper integration within their workflow. Fellin emphasized that this partnership combines Suki's ambient technology and patient context with UpToDate's clinical intelligence to enhance decision-making.\n\nAbhi Pathak, Suki's chief product officer, pointed out that when collaborating with UpToDate's Expert AI API within Suki, it became evident that clinicians required responses more tailored to the individual patient rather than generic AI-driven answers. Pathak noted that 83% of the clinicians surveyed chose patient-specific insights in response to various queries, encompassing diagnoses, dosages, and safety considerations. Pathak told Fierce Healthcare that standard clinical guidelines are \"inherently limited,\" and clinicians must still modify generalized information to suit each patient's unique needs.\n\nPathak highlighted that Suki Ambient Clinical Intelligence (ACI) effectively bridges this gap by leveraging real-time conversation context alongside the patient's existing chart data. By combining this contextual information with UpToDate's trusted evidence, ACI transforms clinical reference searches into actionable clinical support. The \"Ask\" feature is now available across Epic, Oracle Health, athenahealth, and Meditech electronic health record systems, according to the executives. Additionally, Suki recently introduced a new AI dictation solution, Suki Dictation, designed to enhance documentation flexibility within Epic and Meditech EHRs, either independently or alongside Suki for Clinicians.",
  "summary": "Ask integrates evidence-based clinical reasoning directly into workflows and can provide answers grounded in UpToDate’s proprietary content.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Newsweek",
        "title": "Exclusive: Suki, UpToDate Bring AI Clinical Decision Support Into Workflows",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/exclusive-suki-uptodate-bring-ai-clinical-decision-support-into",
        "published": "2026-10-08T09:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}