STAT+: MDCalc launches a ‘rumble strip’ for doctors using generative AI tools

MDCalc launched CrossCover on Wednesday, a tool the medical reference site says helps clinicians trust answers from medical AI chatbots while preserving patient and provider privacy. CrossCover strips protected patient and provider information out of clinicians' queries rather than requiring national identification numbers or brokering privacy agreements, an approach MDCalc head of AI Graham Walker said removes "some of the challenges and risks and problems with the technology so that physicians can feel more confident in using it." The launch contrasts with medical AI tools from OpenEvidence, Abridge, and Epic, which incorporate widening sets of patient, provider, and payer information into their recommendations.

MDCalc https://www.statnews.com/2026/07/17/mdcalc-quality-ratings-clinical-algorithms-for-bias-validity/ , a medical reference tool site, Wednesday announced the launch of CrossCover https://crosscover.ai/news/mdcalc-launches-crosscover , which the company said is meant to help clinicians trust the answers of medical artificial intelligence chatbots while preserving patient and provider privacy. Graham Walker, head of AI at MDCalc, said the company sees the tool as an accelerator for clinical generative AI. “We can take away some of the challenges and risks and problems with the technology so that physicians can feel more confident in using it,” he said. CrossCover takes an approach that contradicts that of medical AI tools from OpenEvidence, Abridge, and electronic health record company Epic, which are trying to incorporate https://www.statnews.com/2026/08/19/ai-prognosis-what-epic-did-and-didnt-say-about-ai-at-its-annual-meeting/ an ever-widening repertoire https://www.openevidence.com/announcements/visits-real-time-medical-intelligence of patient, provider, and payer information into their recommendations https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/12/abridge-highmark-ai-scribe-prior-authorization/ . Rather than requiring clinicians to register with their national identification numbers or trying to mitigate risk by brokering privacy agreements https://www.statnews.com/2026/11/05/doctors-use-ai-chatbots-hipaa-compliance-questions/ that allow clinicians to enter protected patient health information, MDCalc’s tool focuses on stripping out those types of information from clinicians’ queries. This article is exclusive to STAT+ subscribers Unlock this article — plus in-depth analysis, newsletters, premium events, and news alerts. Already have an account? Log in https://www.statnews.com/login/ View All Plans https://www.statnews.com/stat-plus/