Artificial Intelligence
In May 1954, Roger Bannister did something the medical establishment had declared physiologically impossible: he ran a mile in under…
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC School of Medicine was awarded up to $35 million to lead a research initiative with Atlanta-based Emory University to build a data resource for AI-driven rare disease diagnosis. The four-and-a-half-year project is funded through the Advanced…
Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health is seeking its first chief AI and digital transformation officer, creating a new enterprise leadership role that will report directly to the health system’s CEO. The executive will lead Trinity’s systemwide AI vision, strategy and digital…
The traditional health system IT department runs on analysts and infrastructure specialists who build, configure and maintain the systems clinicians depend on. Will Landry, senior vice president and CIO at FMOL Health in Baton Rouge, La., thinks that model is…
Healthcare has no shortage of successful AI pilots. What it lacks is a repeatable way to turn those pilots into enterprise value. Health systems are deploying ambient documentation, predictive models, generative AI, revenue cycle automation, and increasingly AI agents across…
Under the Microscope: What We Learned from Undergoing Health Care's First AI Accreditation
Most health care leaders can tell you why they are adopting AI. Far fewer can show you how their governance actually runs at scale on a random Tuesday afternoon. AI governance today is policy-heavy and operationally thin. Nearly every organization…
Northwell Health’s northern region has nearly completed its ambient AI rollout across acute care settings, with a planned extension to nursing staff by year-end. Albert Villarin, MD, the system’s vice president and chief medical informatics officer, is already looking past…
From AI threat to healthcare accelerator
How adaptive identity helps accelerate AI, securely In the healthcare industry, the pace of innovation is accelerating. The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping clinical workflows, bringing incredible opportunities and new challenges. But this new reality has expanded…
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. hospitals using Epic’s EHR had adopted at least one ambient AI tool as of mid-2025, according to research published in The American Journal of Managed Care. The technology’s effect on clinician burnout has been well documented;…
The list of what artificial intelligence promises to fix in healthcare is long: administrative burden, diagnostic accuracy, care coordination, staffing shortages. But the things it could break, according to executives at major health systems, deserves equal attention. When asked to…
Most Americans want physicians to disclose when AI is used in their care, and most also feel they have too little say over it, a Pew Research Center report found. The survey, published Aug. 25, drew on responses from 3,488…