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Amazon has been developing wearable health AI since its acquisition of startup Bee. Here are four takeaways from a Jan. 5 Amazon blog post: 1. Bee, which Amazon agreed to buy in July, makes a device worn around the wrist…

Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health is working to expand an innovative nursing program into the system’s newly integrated Lehigh Valley Health Network region in Pennsylvania. In 2022, the system formed its “Nursing SEAL Team” program, aiming to fill vacant shifts while reducing…

KidsHealth from Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health has become the most-visited pediatric website, with more than 110 million visits annually. KidsHealth, which recently marked its third decade of existence and surpassed 11 billion page views, features free, physician-approved articles, illustrations,…

Fairfield, Calif.-based NorthBay Health named Nina Pacheco as vice president and system compliance officer. Ms. Pacheco brings more than two decades of experience in healthcare compliance, privacy, performance improvement and strategic program development, according to a Jan. 7 LinkedIn post…

Christopher Newman, MD, stepped into the president and CEO role at Mary Washington Healthcare last March amid significant leadership transition, workforce pressure and rapid population growth in the region. Dr. Newman, an internal medicine physician by training, joined Fredericksburg, Md.-based…

New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian received a $20 million gift from entrepreneur and philanthropist Emilia Fazzalari to establish a new women’s health program. The initiative, known as Fazzalari Women’s Health, includes the Emilia Fazzalari Women’s Health Center of Excellence and the…

Operating expenses continue to exceed revenue for many system-affiliated medical groups, with average expense ratios over 100%, according to the “AMGA 2025 Medical Group Operations and Finance Survey.” The organization gathered data from 39 medical groups — 25 system-affiliated and…

San Diego-based Rady Children’s Health has created its own private generative AI platform to answer questions and perform administrative tasks for employees. For example, a staffer might write, “I need to take these two days off,” and the GPT would…

Jason Pilant has been appointed president and chief administrative officer of Cumberland Medical Center in Crossville, Tenn. He stepped into the role Jan. 1. Mr. Pilant succeeded Randy Davis and will oversee hospital operations, collaborate with system leadership on strategic…

Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., have developed and evaluated an AI-powered tool that delivers personalized prostate cancer education by drawing directly from patients’ EHRs. The system, called MedEduChat, combines Mayo-validated clinical data with large language model technology to…