Point B, a business innovation and technology consulting firm, acquired Lumson, a software development company, to meet increasing demands for digital transformation services.
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Seventy-three percent of healthcare leaders said they are increasing investments in AI, according to a new report from digital health company Define Ventures.
The next big healthcare technologies include artificial intelligence to diagnose and find treatments for diseases and automated credentialing for health systems, Fast Company reported Nov. 19.
Columbus-based OhioHealth has been experiencing promising early results from its 84 smart hospital rooms and plans to expand the technology to more facilities.
Pittsburgh-based UPMC Enterprises and Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health have signed on to a digital consortium with nine other health systems to develop and invest in new healthcare technologies.
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Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has launched the Sanford Virtual Care Center, a facility dedicated to advancing virtual care.
Many health systems are focusing on digital innovation to boost the patient experience and lessen administrative work for clinicians.
Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health is planning to launch an acute hospital at-home program and expand its remote patient monitoring program.
Hospitals and health systems continue to roll out hospital-at-home programs to treat acute care patients in their homes.
Gainesville, Fla.-based UF Health has launched an acute hospital care at home program.