Artificial Intelligence
In May 1954, Roger Bannister did something the medical establishment had declared physiologically impossible: he ran a mile in under…
AI chiefs have become increasingly present in health systems, shaping governance, implementation and oversight. Health plans and their subsidiaries have been getting on the bandwagon, too. While analytics- and technology-centric executives are often responsible for AI initiatives at companies, some…
Stanford University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School researchers ranked 24 AI systems by clinical safety in a new benchmark study, finding four medical-specialized tools topped the list in a statistical tie. The findings come from NOHARM (Numerous Options…
Becker’s recently asked the CIOs and chief digital officers of the 200 largest U.S. health systems two questions: What is the most overhyped trend in healthcare IT, and what are you truly most excited about? For a notable number of…
More than 85% of Epic’s customers are now using its AI tools, and independent data from KLAS Research show clinicians who use them report a notably better EHR experience than those who don’t, though a training gap appears to be…
Artificial intelligence continues to reshape healthcare, but relatively few innovations have the potential to fundamentally change how musculoskeletal disorders are identified before patients ever require surgery. That is what made Xenco Medical’s unveiling of XenVision at SIGGRAPH 2026 particularly notable.…
For a critical access hospital in rural Iowa, a failed technology bet isn’t an abstract risk. It’s a resource problem. Mahaska Health CIO Bob Berbeco said that reality shapes every decision that comes across his desk, especially when they’re AI…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella criticized restrictions on Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 model during an internal meeting with engineers working on Microsoft’s Copilot products, CNBC reported July 16. Mr. Nadella described the model as “so editorially controlled” and said its restrictions…
Novant Health is the latest health system to launch round-the-clock virtual primary care that uses AI to assess patients before connecting them with a clinician, joining at least seven other systems offering similar 24/7 care models. Here are the organizations…
Clinicians using at least one AI tool report significantly higher EHR satisfaction than non-users, according to a KLAS Arch Collaborative report released July 17. The report, “AI Insights from the Arch Collaborative 2026,” draws on survey data from 12 Epic…
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is collaborating with Scale AI to develop and deploy clinical AI applications aimed at reducing administrative burden and improving patient safety. The partnership focuses on three areas: streamlining clinical documentation review before patient visits, automating detection…