Artificial Intelligence
In May 1954, Roger Bannister did something the medical establishment had declared physiologically impossible: he ran a mile in under…
Researchers at Chicago-based Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago developed AI models that identify children with high risk of developing sepsis within 48 hours using electronic health record data. The models were trained on…
R1 RCM has entered an agreement to acquire Phare Health, a healthcare technology company developing AI tools for inpatient coding and clinical documentation improvement. The deal is expected to close by the end of October, according to an Oct. 14…
Global technology giant Oracle said Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has improved core business system performance by up to 98% after migrating to the software developer’s autonomous AI database and cloud infrastructure. As part of the hospital’s long-term modernization plan, Oracle…
Advocate Health, a Charlotte, N.C.-based health system, is positioning technology partnerships at the center of its growth strategy, CEO Eugene Woods wrote in an Oct. 13 Harvard Business Review article. The nonprofit, formed three years ago through the merger of…
Cleveland Clinic is expanding its mid-revenue cycle-focused partnership with Akasa. Over a four-month period earlier this year, Cleveland Clinic completed the rollout of revenue cycle automation company Akasa’s coding tool across all of its U.S. locations, according to an Oct.…
Nebraska Medicine, based in Omaha, Neb., is using generative AI to develop its own tools internally — a move that is reducing reliance on outside technology vendors and accelerating innovation timelines. “What’s super exciting now, when you think about the…
The Coalition for Health AI is pushing back after senior White House and HHS officials accused the organization of overstepping its role in healthcare AI policy, describing it as a potential “regulatory cartel.” In an Oct. 8 post on X,…
Hospitals across the country are investing heavily in artificial intelligence tools, lured by vendor promises of rapid financial returns, streamlined workflows and newfound clinical capacity. But according to several chief medical information officers, the reality on the ground is far…
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center says it relies upon artificial intelligence to help ease staffing constraints, but the technology is “not designed to reduce head count.” President and CEO Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, said the overall goal is to…
The Digital Medicine Society has partnered with Google for Health and more than 30 healthcare, technology and policy organizations to release a new guide to help health systems implement AI responsibly. “The Playbook: Implementing AI in Healthcare,” released Oct. 8,…