WVU Health System plans to deploy AI-assisted hospital room technology across all 25 of its hospitals through a new partnership with hellocare.ai.
The Morgantown, W.Va.-based health system selected the company for an enterprise-wide rollout of its intelligent hospital room platform, which will be implemented across more than 3,000 beds in West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, according to a March 9 press release.
The deployment includes virtual care tools such as AI-assisted virtual nursing, virtual rounding and telehealth capabilities, as well as AI-assisted virtual sitting for patient observation. Select hospitals within the system will also implement additional features such as digital whiteboards, door signs and patient infotainment systems integrated with Epic, the press release said.
The hellocare.ai platform combines artificial intelligence with secure video collaboration, real-time communication tools and clinical workflow integrations to transform inpatient rooms into intelligent hospital rooms. The system can support fall prevention, virtual rounding, remote consultations and communication between care teams, patients and families.
WVU Health System CIO Jim Venturella said the initiative is part of the organization’s broader strategy to use technology to improve care delivery and operations.
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