Artificial Intelligence
In May 1954, Roger Bannister did something the medical establishment had declared physiologically impossible: he ran a mile in under…
Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health has formed the Center of Surgical and Medical Intelligence to develop and rigorously evaluate clinical AI, from the clinic to the operating room. The center sits within the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith…
Two years ago, Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System was reviewing roughly one artificial intelligence feature for approval each month. Today, that number has climbed to more than a dozen, prompting the health system to rethink how it evaluates and…
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health is expanding its use of artificial intelligence and digital health tools, reporting that more than 6,000 clinicians have used ambient AI to draft more than 5 million clinical notes. The health system detailed its progress in…
HHS plans to award Anthropic a sole-source contract to keep its workforce on the company’s Claude AI tools without an open competition. The agency posted a notice of intent Oct. 19 on SAM.gov for a “limited continuity of services award.”…
Health systems accumulating AI pilots faster than they can evaluate them are not building capability; they’re building technical debt and clinician fatigue. Nirav Shah, MD, associate CMIO for AI and innovation at Evanston, Ill.-based Endeavor Health, is striking that balance.…
Executives across healthcare are tasked with crafting, deploying and scaling AI strategies and tools at their hospitals and health systems, with the goal of easing clinician burnout and improving patient outcomes. Below are 38 AI leaders to know in 2026.…
Health systems have grown more disciplined about vetting AI before it goes live. What comes after has proven harder to standardize. Post-deployment monitoring responsibilities frequently become ambiguous once an AI tool is deployed. Ownership might shift without a clear designated…
OpenAI has acquired Orchestra Bio, an AI-powered platform that helps biopharma teams coordinate the drug development process. OpenAI announced the deal Oct. 20 and did not disclose financial terms. The company plans to combine Orchestra’s team and technology with Rosalind,…
Health systems have found plenty of work for AI. At Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health, an AI agent triages incoming IT incident tickets, and an AI-enabled human resources front door has resolved about 35,000 employee inquiries without anyone opening a…
The American Hospital Association is urging the FDA to make AI developers primarily responsible for monitoring the safety and performance of their medical devices, arguing that hospitals often lack the technical visibility and resources needed to evaluate the tools on…