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AI can change healthcare on 'planetary scale,' Google Health CEO says
Karen DeSalvo, MD, Google's chief health officer, believes that artificial intelligence could change healthcare on a "planetary scale" by expanding access to care, The Washington Post reported Aug. 29. -
Community Health Systems to expand virtual sitting to 29 hospitals
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems plans to expand virtual sitting to 29 hospitals as the program has been successful in preventing patient falls. -
HCA, Google roll out generative AI project
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has started using generative artificial intelligence technology from Google to document emergency room visits and speed up nurse handoffs. -
Digital COVID-19 testing app faces allegations of stolen software
Nomi Health admitted that it breached its contract with software developer OSGHD by creating its own digital COVID-19 testing app, allegedly built off of OSGHD's software, The Salt Lake Tribune reported Aug. 28. -
AI speeding up stroke diagnosis at Baptist
Coral Gables-based Baptist Health South Florida says AI technology has been helping its neurosurgeons speed up stroke care during "golden hour" — the first 60 minutes after a stroke in which clinicians have the greatest opportunity to restore blood flow and save brain tissue. -
UNC Health's plan to create responsible AI
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health is in the process of creating an AI framework to ensure the technology is being developed responsibly, WRAL.com reported Aug. 25. -
Tennessee health system launches fitness app
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, based in Memphis, Tenn., launched its new fitness app called Healthier 901 for individuals participating in the health system's weight loss challenge. -
Cancer treatment too 'nuanced' for ChatGPT, Mass General Brigham finds
While ChatGPT has shown promise in picking imaging tests and identifying diagnoses, it was decidedly less successful in recommending cancer treatments. -
Illinois health system expands nursing education platform
OSF HealthCare, based in Peoria, Ill., will expand its use of the Elemeno Health nursing education platform by implementing it across its 15 hospitals and ambulatory, hospice and home care settings. -
ChatGPT can eliminate jargon in medical forms: Brown, Mass General Brigham researchers
Medical forms are often complicated and filled with jargon, making them difficult for patients to understand. Especially since they're put in front of people at already stressful moments. -
GE HealthCare launches new digital atrial fibrillation tool
GE HealthCare launched a digital tool that provides clinicians with data surrounding the history of a patient's heart and guideline-directed insight for clinical decision support. -
Mayo to create AI clinical support tool
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is working on creating an AI-based clinical decision support tool aimed at improving treatments for children and adolescents with asthma. -
Former Cleveland Clinic physician's digital health startup lands $3M
A startup founded by a former Cleveland Clinic physician to manage compliance and physician relationships for advanced practitioners has landed $3 million in venture capital funding. -
AI in medicine is both 'overhyped' and 'underhyped,' says Stanford's dean
Lloyd Minor, MD, dean of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford University School of Medicine, says artificial intelligence's long-term effects on medicine are "underhyped," Politico reported Aug. 23. -
Top 7 disruptors by patient familiarity
As healthcare disruptors continue to enter the fray, Americans still aren't all that familiar with some of them. -
Digital nursing staffing platform raises $80M
Nursa, a digital nurse staffing platform designed to combat hospital staffing shortages, raised $80 million in series B financing. -
How Banner Health is adapting patient care using analytics
Banner Health partnered with Nference, a biotechnology software company, for better access to analytics focused on driving scientific discoveries to improve treatment, diagnosis and care. -
Duke spinout raises $5M
Clinetic, a clinical research software company spun out of Durham, N.C.-based Duke University, raised $5 million in a series A financing round, Triangle Business Journal reported Aug. 21. -
Waystar's valuation may hit $8B with possible IPO
Waystar, a healthcare-focused financial management software vendor, may be headed for an initial public offering, according to an Aug. 21 report from Reuters. -
How 6 systems are using virtual nursing
Health systems nationwide are taking advantage of virtual nursing tools to reduce clinicians' administrative workload.
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