The spread of artificial intelligence in medicine is forcing hospitals to ask, who will ensure these tools improve care rather than complicate it? Some envision a new kind of specialist, trained to analyze complex information for overburdened clinicians. Others believe…

Duke Health, Durham, N.C.-based, has partnered with Trase Systems to develop AI tools aimed at streamlining hospital workflows and improving patient care. The collaboration will focus on agentic AI — a type of technology capable of making decisions and acting…

Seattle Children’s plans to adopt ambient listening technology from Abridge for 18 specialties across the enterprise. The pediatric health system piloted the ambient AI for 90 days, with clinicians reporting a 79% average decline in documentation effort and 72% of…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 29 signed the nation’s first law requiring major AI developers to disclose their safety protocols, a move that could set the stage for national standards, Politico reported. Here are six things to know:

Nashville-based Thyme Care raised $97 million in a Series D funding round, bringing its total capital raised to $275 million. The round included participation from existing investors CVS Health Ventures, Foresite Capital, a16z Bio + Health, Concord Health Partners, Town…

Jefferson Health is embarking on a bold commitment: Give clinicians back more than 10 million hours by 2028. “The intent is to be able to reduce what they’re doing in terms of paperwork, manual processes, and allow them to get…

At UCI Health, the promise of AI is not measured by hype or speed, but by a simple question: “What problem are we trying to solve?” Deepti Pandita, MD, UCI Health’s chief medical information officer, said that question guides nearly…

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health has introduced what it described as Florida’s first artificial intelligence-enabled birth care center, according to a Sept. 23 ABC affiliate Gulf Coast News report. The health system launched a remote fetal monitoring command hub that…

Facing gaps in off-the-shelf solutions, some health systems are building their own artificial intelligence tools to better address clinical and operational needs. At Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, researchers have created AI tools to identify young children at highest risk for…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic researchers have developed AI tools to help identify young children at highest risk for severe asthma and acute respiratory infections.  The tools use machine learning and natural language processing to analyze clinical data and apply two…