Artificial Intelligence
In May 1954, Roger Bannister did something the medical establishment had declared physiologically impossible: he ran a mile in under…
Every day brings a new AI announcement, a new consumer engagement platform, or a new prediction about the future of healthcare. As health systems navigate the changing landscape, it’s critical that they don’t just look at tools the organization has;…
RWJBarnabas Health’s AI-enabled early warning system was tied to an 18% reduction in the risk-adjusted odds of in-hospital death among high-risk patients, as mortality fell from 23.1% to 18.6% across the health system’s 11 hospitals. According to a July 29…
More than 40 million Americans ask ChatGPT health questions every day, according to OpenAI’s own research, and a growing number of hospitals and health systems have adopted the company’s enterprise AI products. That footprint is now colliding with a stack…
HHS’ Office of Inspector General has opened an audit of the agency’s governance framework for artificial intelligence tools used across the department. The audit will examine whether HHS has established AI governance for developing and deploying AI tools in line…
Cincinnati Children’s has spent years building up a body of pediatric clinical and operational knowledge — protocols, standards and guidance developed and refined across its own campuses. Until recently, that knowledge lived scattered across systems, shared drives and one-off conversations.…
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Tenet Healthcare is pairing AI and automation with clinical process redesign as it works to protect hospital margins from payer mix shifts, professional fee growth and other operating pressures. Tenet, a 50-hospital system headquartered in Dallas, said its hospital segment…
Health systems are fielding more requests for AI than ever, but ask their technology leaders which department is generating the loudest demand, and the answer has less to do with the function itself than with how ready that team already…
U.S. Reps. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., and Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, have introduced the AI Kill Switch Act, legislation that would require developers of the most powerful AI systems to maintain the technical ability to throttle, suspend or shut down their models.…
Health systems have become increasingly disciplined about vetting AI before it goes live, building out governance committees, model reviews and risk assessments. What happens after go-live is often a different story. Once an AI tool is deployed, responsibility for watching…
Tech budgets at Mountain View, Calif.-based El Camino Health are absorbing a price increase that has nothing to do with vendors relabeling old tools as AI, Deb Muro, the health system’s CIO told Becker’s. The pressure is coming from further…