Artificial Intelligence
In May 1954, Roger Bannister did something the medical establishment had declared physiologically impossible: he ran a mile in under…
President Donald Trump has unveiled an AI project to boost scientific discovery and the nation’s “health security.” President Trump signed an executive order Nov. 24 launching the Genesis Mission, which directs the secretary of energy, assistant to the president for…
Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health is bringing “joy” back to medicine by offering AI to its roughly 22,000 physicians and advanced practice providers. The 69-hospital network recently became the largest health system ever to win the American Medical Association’s Joy in…
Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital has reduced average call wait times by 58% and daily call abandonment by 56% after deploying AI agents from Hyro. Within two weeks of launch, the health system also saw a 21% increase in scheduled appointments…
Amazon keeps hiring for its healthcare businesses, Amazon Pharmacy and One Medical, and to beef up its healthcare AI expertise. Here are 11 healthcare-related jobs the tech giant is hiring for this month (along with their annual base pay ranges):…
As hospitals confront historic workforce shortages and rising operational pressures, many health systems are shifting from short-term fixes to a longer-term reimagining of how care teams will function in an AI-enabled future. The question is no longer whether artificial intelligence…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham researchers found that pairing generative AI ambient documentation tools with a virtual scribe significantly reduced after-hours work and documentation delays for physicians. A study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine evaluated 181 primary…
Health systems continue to collaborate with Big Tech on AI, ambient listening and digital innovation. Here are seven partnerships Becker’s reported on in the past month: 1. Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy’s ambient AI nursing partnership with Microsoft is bringing back “invisible…
By 2030, about two-thirds of healthcare tasks are expected to be automated or augmented by technology, according to the World Economic Forum. Here are seven things to know from the 2025 Future of Jobs Report, which surveyed leaders in late…
Chicago-based UI Health is implementing Abridge’s AI platform systemwide to support clinical documentation across its inpatient, outpatient and emergency care settings. Abridge integrates with UI Health’s Epic EHR and is designed to reduce documentation burdens for clinicians and trainees, according…
Data quality is the top barrier to AI in revenue cycle management, according to a report from Black Book Research. Black Book surveyed 149 revenue cycle leaders between Nov. 1-11 to examine how frontline teams “experience AI and analytics in…