Artificial Intelligence
In May 1954, Roger Bannister did something the medical establishment had declared physiologically impossible: he ran a mile in under…
Ninety-three percent of health plan executives believe AI will contribute value by automating prior authorizations, according to an analysis of Deloitte survey results released Jan. 15. The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions surveyed more than 100 C-suite leaders across healthcare,…
Researchers at Mass General Brigham in Somerville, Mass., have developed an autonomous AI system that screens for signs of cognitive impairment by analyzing routine clinical notes — a tool they say could help clinicians identify at-risk patients earlier without adding…
Optum Ventures is among the investors in a $11.1 million series A investment for Risa Labs, which is developing an AI operating system for oncology. The venture capital arm of the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary co-led the funding round with Cencora…
Generative AI startup Anthropic has been commanding attention from health system executives in the days since it launched Claude for Healthcare. The company, with a reported valuation of $350 billion and the backing of a who’s who of Big Tech…
Several major U.S. health systems are backing Vista AI’s effort to automate MRI scanning as hospitals grapple with workforce shortages and rising imaging demand. Vista AI, based in Palo Alto, Calif., said in a Jan. 14 news release that it…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham plans to expand Care Connect, its AI-powered virtual primary care platform, to all insured patients in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, NPR reported. The academic health system rolled out Care Connect in September, offering patients 24/7…
Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health has developed an AI tool that uses Google’s machine learning technology to synthesize two years’ worth of provider notes in seconds. The tool was created by the health system’s data science team to reduce clerical…
“All things AI.” That’s what Matt Weger, senior vice president and CIO of Columbus-based OhioHealth, is focusing on in 2026. So are 12 of his peers from across the industry. From agentic to conversational to generative, the next 12 months…
Modest but meaningful increases in clinical billing productivity could, when aggregated across many clinicians, help justify AI scribe costs, according to research published in JAMA Network Open. Here are four takeaways from the Jan. 9 study by researchers at University…
OpenAI has acquired Torch, a healthcare startup focused on unifying lab results, medication data and visit recordings. The company announced the deal in a post on X. “Bringing this together with ChatGPT Health opens up a new way to understand…