Cleveland-based University Hospitals has activated a whole-hospital virtual nursing program at UH Lake West Medical Center, expanding its connected care team initiative. The program, which went live Sept. 17, uses Vitalchat’s AI-powered video platform to extend the reach of nurses…
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St. Louis-based Ascension is doubling down on innovation with digital nudges for patients and clinicians and an increased focus on virtual care and remote patient monitoring. To that end, the 121-hospital system recently launched a Clinical Innovation Institute to enhance…
WellSpan Health is deepening its collaboration with General Catalyst’s Health Assurance Transformation Company, becoming its first “transformation partner” to advance the use of AI in healthcare. The initiative targets three areas: automating administrative tasks to allow staff to focus on…
Twenty-five digital health executives made Healthcare Technology Report’s list of the top leaders in the field for 2025. The publication said it selected the finalists through a “methodical evaluation process that considered the scope of their business achievements, the innovations…
The new Apple Watch will include “powerful” new features such as hypertension notifications and sleep scores to keep wearers healthy, the tech giant said. For hypertension, the Apple Watch Series 11 will work passively in the background to review wearers’…
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Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai will implement an AI-powered documentation platform from health tech company Regard at two of its hospitals to support clinicians and streamline diagnosis. The health system began working with Regard in 2017 through its startup accelerator program and…
Houston-based Texas Medical Center launched its third five-month accelerator program in partnership with Innovate UK, welcoming eight medical device startups to its Innovation Factory on Sept. 8. The cohort includes companies focused on behavioral health, maternal trauma and drug delivery,…
The face of a nurse now appears on a television screen in hundreds of rooms at Jackson, Mich.-based Henry Ford Jackson Hospital. From a command center down the hall, the nurse conducts safety checks, reviews charts and helps patients prepare…
West Plains, Mo.-based Ozarks Healthcare will roll out digital preregistration and health forms for patients beginning Sept. 15. The system serves more than 160,000 residents across an eight-county region in south-central Missouri and northern Arkansas. Its 114-bed hospital and affiliated…
When Khyzer Aziz, MD, talks about his new job, he does not begin with AI, cloud platforms or the latest analytics tool. Instead, he talks about people. “It really won’t be about machines or AI,” he told Becker’s. “It will…