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Healio AI CME

by Healio / Vindico

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AMA PRA Cat 1 CME credit through everyday AI clinical search.

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Pricing
The CME credit is listed as free with no extra cost. Billing period, trial and refund do not apply. Whether registration is required is not stated.
HIPAA
Not disclosed
SOC 2
Not disclosed
EHRs
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Independent score  ·  By our public rubric

16/100Tracked
How it’s computed →
  • Regulatory & Compliance
    0/6.2

    No FDA clearance listed

  • Clinical Integration
    0/2.6

    No EHR integrations listed

  • Evidence Strength
    0/8.8

    No peer-reviewed coverage

  • Vendor & Market
    6/19.8

    Early-stage company

  • Sentiment & Transparency
    3.3/20

    Pricing on request, no public amounts

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Regulatory & Compliance

  • FDA clearance0/1

    No FDA clearance listed

  • HIPAA / SOC2 / BAA0/5

    No public HIPAA/SOC2/BAA attestation

Clinical Integration

  • EHR integrations (count)0/1

    No EHR integrations listed

  • Top-3 EHR coverage (Epic / Oracle / Athena)0/1

    None of the top-3 EHRs covered

  • Bidirectional write-back0/0

    No bidirectional write-back documented

Evidence Strength

  • Peer-reviewed papers0/7

    No peer-reviewed coverage

  • RCT / meta-analysis / systematic review0/2

    No RCT, meta-analysis, or systematic review

Vendor & Market

  • Funding & adoption signal6/12

    Early-stage company

  • Years in market0/8

    Founded year not recorded

Sentiment & Transparency

  • Clinician sentiment (Reddit)0/14

    No clinician sentiment data available

  • Pricing transparency3/7

    Pricing on request, no public amounts

Scored October 15, 2026 · Public scoring method v1.1.0

Bottom line

AMA PRA Cat 1 CME credit through everyday AI clinical search.

The CME credit is listed as free with no extra cost. Billing period, trial and refund do not apply. Whether registration is required is not stated.

Editorial review  ·  By MedAI Verdict

Bottom line

Healio AI is a conversational clinical search tool for practising physicians, and its selling point is that each conversation earns CME credit at no charge. It suits a clinician who already looks things up during the workday and would like to collect AMA PRA Category 1 credit as a by-product. It is a poor pick for someone who needs an EHR connection, a signable BAA or a documented security audit. Healio's page mentions a BAA but offers none, and it names no audit or EHR link.

What is Healio AI and who is behind it?

Healio's page calls it an "AI Tool Built on Trusted Medical Sources" that is "Purpose-built for physicians." Healio is part of The Wyanoke Group, a privately held family company in Thorofare, New Jersey, founded in 1900. The credit comes from a sister company in the same group, Vindico Medical Education. Healio announced CME for Healio AI use on 13 January 2026.

You type a clinical question, get an answer with citations, and press "Claim CME credits" when you are done. Healio describes the knowledge base as more than 200 million peer-reviewed papers, plus guidelines, drug databases, Healio's own news and Vindico CME content. That figure is the vendor's. Healio does not say which language model or retrieval method sits underneath.

How does the CME credit work?

Each conversation is worth 0.5 credits. Vindico describes the credit type as Internet Point of Care AMA PRA Category 1 Credit, and the page shows ACCME, ACPE and ANCC accreditation marks. No annual cap per user is stated.

On 26 June 2026 Healio added "Ask Vindico", a Vindico-branded version of the tool. Vindico can analyse the queries as they come in to spot clinical gaps and plan future CME.

What does it cost?

The credit is free. Healio's page lists the CME as "FREE" with "No extra cost." Whether registration is required is not stated.

Is it safe to use with patient information?

Healio says that Healio AI "complies with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements" and in the same place tells users to keep protected health information out of their prompts. Together those two statements make it a place for general clinical questions, not case details. Healio also states that the content "should not be used as the basis of patient treatment."

What does the evidence say?

No peer-reviewed evaluation of Healio AI's answer accuracy has been published. The public material is Healio's own page, trade news and the Vindico announcement.

Who is it for?

A hospitalist or primary care physician who already searches for answers between patients gets a small, free benefit here. A group that needs an EHR link, a signable BAA or a vendor with a security attestation will not find them on Healio's page.

The verdict

Healio AI is a free search tool that pays out credit on Vindico's terms, 0.5 per conversation. It fits low-stakes lookups by physicians who search anyway. Healio's own disclaimer rules out using the answers as the basis of treatment.

Editorial review last generated October 15, 2026. Synthesized from clinician sentiment, peer-reviewed coverage, and our editorial silo picks. Refined by hand where vendor facts change.

Pricing

What it costs

All tiers are custom-quoted. The vendor does not publish per-provider list pricing.

TierMonthlyAnnualNotes
Free——The CME credit is listed as free with no extra cost. Billing period, trial and refund do not apply. Whether registration is required is not stated.

Source: vendor pricing page. Last checked October 15, 2026.

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