Artificial Intelligence
In May 1954, Roger Bannister did something the medical establishment had declared physiologically impossible: he ran a mile in under…
Intermountain Ventures is investing in a startup that uses generative AI to predict biological outcomes. The venture capital arm of the Salt Lake City-based health system participated in a series A financing round June 3 for Matterworks. The company plans…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is calling on the Senate to strike a provision from the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” backed by President Donald Trump, that addresses AI regulation. Ms. Greene said in a June 3 post on X that…
Despite widespread recognition of generative AI’s potential to transform healthcare, most organizations are not yet prepared to fully leverage its value, according to a June 3 report from Wolters Kluwer Health. The 2025 Future Ready Healthcare Survey gathered responses from…
Digital transformation remains top of mind for hospital executives, as they try to improve operational efficiency and boost access for patients, according to FTI Consulting. Here are six things to know from a May 14 report from the management consultant…
Pittsburgh-based UPMC has spent the last several months planning to unify its 40 hospitals and 800-plus locations under a single instance of Epic EHR. The health system has around 10 disparate instances and bringing them together has been a monumental…
The FDA on June 2 launched a generative artificial intelligence tool agencywide to improve internal workflows and staff efficiency. Four things to know. 1. The AI tool, Elsa, is currently being used to speed up the review of clinical trial…
Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine and PathAI have entered a multi-year collaboration aimed at transforming pathology diagnostics through AI. Here are five things to know:
The White House updated its “Make America Healthy Again” report on childhood chronic disease after facing scrutiny from experts over the apparent use of artificial intelligence to generate citations, The Washington Post reported May 29. Of the 522 citations in…
Artificial intelligence is transforming all aspects of healthcare, including the workforce. But that doesn’t mean AI is replacing jobs; instead, health system leaders are leveraging the technology to empower teams and elevate leaders. The cultural transformation takes time and additional…
Minneapolis-based Allina Health has introduced an AI agent to help patients manage appointments, with plans to assist them with more tasks in the future. “Alli” answers calls within the 12-hospital system’s customer experience center, integrating with the EHR to verify…