Artificial Intelligence
In May 1954, Roger Bannister did something the medical establishment had declared physiologically impossible: he ran a mile in under…
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…
Patients are increasingly turning to chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude for advice on how to fight medical bills with hospitals and payers, The New York Times reported. In some cases, patients have received advice from the AI that assisted them…
Unless payment models are updated, AI could drive up healthcare costs without boosting patient outcomes, a researcher at Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania says. To avoid overspending and ensure benefits, policymakers may need new frameworks that tie AI reimbursement more closely…
UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC Health, based in Chapel Hill, N.C., have launched a platform aimed at advancing artificial intelligence development using real-world clinical data. The platform, called SHIRE — short for Secure Health Informatics Research Environment — is a cloud-based…