Artificial Intelligence
In May 1954, Roger Bannister did something the medical establishment had declared physiologically impossible: he ran a mile in under…
Anthropic is launching an internal drug discovery program with a focus on neglected diseases that traditional pharmaceutical companies would not consider commercially attractive, CNBC reported June 30. At a June 30 event in San Francisco, Eric Kauderer-Abrams, Anthropic’s life sciences…
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is moving beyond predictive AI models toward systems that support clinical decision-making, health system leaders said at its recent AI Research Summit. More than 750 researchers, clinicians, AI scientists and engineers attended the June 4-5 event…
Health systems’ AI champions — the people who develop novel uses for the technology and sell their peers on its value — don’t always come from the C-suite, or even the IT department. These are the employees you never would…
When Texas’ new clinical AI disclosure law took effect Jan. 1, two of the state’s largest health systems had quietly reached the same conclusion: Existing consent forms provided a practical path to compliance. Lawmakers in 47 states introduced more than…
The macro case for healthcare transformation is well established. An aging population is driving demand upward and the clinician pipeline cannot keep pace. Costs are rising faster than margins can absorb. Mouneer Odeh, the inaugural chief data and artificial intelligence…
Autonomous AI is one of healthcare’s fastest-moving technologies, but some health system CIOs say they are not yet ready to let it operate without human oversight. Becker’s asked three health system technology leaders: What technology are you watching closely but…
Rhode Island’s General Assembly has approved legislation requiring healthcare providers and facilities to notify patients when they use AI tools to document in-person or telehealth visits, sending the bill to the governor for his signature. The measure, sponsored by Sen.…
Assort Health raised $120 million in Series C funding and is expanding its AI-powered patient access platform into health systems. The funding round, led by Menlo Ventures, values the company at $1.2 billion and brings its total funding to more…
Big tech is shedding workers by the thousands — the type of talent hospital IT departments have spent years trying to recruit. Are health systems taking advantage? For some, yes; for others, the right candidates have never been more available,…
Software firm Pendo recently named 23-year-old Zain Lakhani its chief AI officer — part of a small but growing trend of companies elevating Gen Z “AI natives” to the C-suite, The Wall Street Journal reported June 25. “He’s got experiences…