Artificial Intelligence
In May 1954, Roger Bannister did something the medical establishment had declared physiologically impossible: he ran a mile in under…
For Alexander Khalessi, MD, chief innovation officer at UC San Diego Health, scaling AI in healthcare requires more than enthusiasm. “When you have the ambition to build something without precedent, it’s critical to lean into the combined capabilities, expertise, and…
Health systems are giving more and more duties to AI agents — though don’t expect them to replace physicians or nurses anytime soon. Agentic AI, which autonomously determines and executes the steps needed to achieve defined goals, is one area…
The American Hospital Association is calling on federal health officials to reduce regulatory barriers and ensure clinician oversight as artificial intelligence becomes more integrated into clinical care. In a Feb. 23 letter to the Department of Health and Human Services,…
As AI becomes more embedded in clinical workflows, nursing leaders are clear on one point: AI will not replace clinicians. But clinicians who know how to use AI — and leaders who know how to govern it — will have…
Artificial intelligence has entered a new phase inside health systems. For the past several years, AI initiatives largely lived in innovation centers, small pilots and controlled vendor tests. Today, at organizations such as Houston Methodist, MultiCare Health System and Mount…
As AI becomes increasingly embedded in healthcare operations and strategy, organizations are working on how to govern its use responsibly amid evolving regulations and rising risk. Becker’s Healthcare spoke with Jennifer Richards, PhD, PharmD, JD, senior director of product management…
Two health systems are working with Amazon Web Services to uncover rare diseases with the help of AI. After receiving $1 million from AWS for research, Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Hospital developed AI technology to analyze smartphone camera images to…
New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine has launched an institutionwide initiative to support the safe and effective use of AI across its research, clinical care and education departments. The AI to Advance Medicine program includes a dean’s lecture series, a…
Farmington, N.M.-based San Juan Regional Medical Center, a community-owned nonprofit hospital serving the Four Corners region of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado, is deploying Wellsheet’s AI software enterprisewide. The platform is currently live in more than 100 U.S. hospitals,…
While the majority of Americans still turn to physicians or other medical professionals for medical advice, 16% are relying on AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Google Gemini, Gallup found. That number could increase in the months and years to…