Health systems are implementing automation and AI to improve patient care, increase efficiency and reduce clinicians’ administrative burden. Becker’s asked CEOs which manual processes their organizations automated recently — and what effect those efforts have had. Editor’s note: Responses were…

A new federal report found that predictive AI is becoming mainstream in hospitals — but it also underscored gaps in how it is adopted, applied and overseen across different facilities. Here are five takeaways from the report:

Business technology leaders said it’s nearly impossible to measure return on investment for AI at this point, and organizations should instead prioritize innovation and the most promising projects, The Wall Street Journal reported. Many AI projects are still in the…

Nashville-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center has begun a two-year project to identify and address care discontinuity in patients with obesity, backed by a $1 million grant from Eli Lilly and Co. The project team plans to analyze electronic health records,…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic nurses and informatics teams have developed an in-house AI tool to help streamline clinical workflows. The tool, called the Nurse Virtual Assistant, integrates directly into Mayo’s EHR and provides a nurse-specific patient summary with links to…

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health is partnering with Hyro to deploy AI agents across voice, chat and SMS to extend self-service capabilities to patients . Sutter Health will integrate Hyro’s agentic AI tools into its systemwide operations to streamline functions such…

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health is rolling out Ambience Healthcare’s AI platform across its ambulatory network. The platform aims to reduce clinician burnout and improve care quality by generating compliant, coding-aware documentation in real time. Ardent Chief Medical Officer FJ Campbell,…

Health systems across the U.S. are rapidly adopting AI to enhance patient care, streamline operations and reduce administrative burdens.  From using AI to generate annual savings to developing AI models for earlier intervention, health systems are finding innovative ways to…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has developed a framework that uses computer modeling and electronic health records to simulate “virtual clinical trials” for heart failure treatments. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 60,000 patients with heart failure to emulate 226 completed phase…

Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network has implemented Gleamer AI’s BoneView technology across all of its hospital emergency departments and walk-in urgent care centers, becoming the first in the region to do so. The AI-powered application assists clinicians in…