Artificial Intelligence
In May 1954, Roger Bannister did something the medical establishment had declared physiologically impossible: he ran a mile in under…
Artificial intelligence is moving faster than healthcare organizations can govern it and the executives trying to keep pace know it. That tension sat at the center of a recent panel discussion at the Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting on AI investment…
Daniel Barchi, CIO of CommonSpirit Health, has a hierarchy for everything, including AI adoption. Speaking at the Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting, Mr. Barchi said CommonSpirit’s approach to artificial intelligence through the lens of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, with core technology…
A Utah pilot program allowing AI to autonomously renew prescriptions is raising clinical and legal concerns, according to a perspective piece published April 23 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Launched in January, the program uses an AI system…
As AI adoption accelerates across healthcare, many organizations are struggling to move beyond pilots to measurable, enterprise-wide impact. In a recent “Becker’s Healthcare Podcast” episode sponsored by ELLKAY, Ajay Kapare, president and CEO of ELLKAY, discussed where AI is delivering…
Mount Sinai Health System, based in New York City, will adopt an artificial intelligence-powered platform from SOPHiA GENETICS to expand its cancer research and genomic testing capabilities. The health system plans to use the SOPHiA DDM Platform to strengthen next-generation…
Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network is saving nearly 200 hours a month and automatically resolving thousands of false cyber threats with a Microsoft security tool. To revamp its Security Operations Center and protect its more than 2.5 petabytes…
Google.org and the Johnson & Johnson Foundation are investing $10 million in a new initiative aimed at expanding AI training for healthcare workers in rural communities. The collaboration, announced in an April 14 news release, seeks to address gaps in…
Artificial intelligence chatbots failed to accurately generate a list of possible diagnoses based on initial patient symptoms more than 80% of the time, but improved considerably when given more information, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Somerville,…
For hospitals, getting front-line workers involved in the development and implementation of a new artificial intelligence tool is not just a best practice, “it’s the difference between a tool that gets used and one that gets ignored,” Stacey Conklin, MSN,…
Health systems are rapidly adopting AI, but few have successfully scaled those investments into measurable results, according to an April 9 report from Qventus. The report, based on a survey and one-on-one interviews with more than 60 CIOs, chief AI…