Technology companies are continuing to expand their healthcare footprint through artificial intelligence, EHR integrations, cybersecurity initiatives and new clinical uses.
Here are five Big Tech healthcare developments Becker’s has reported on in September:
- OpenAI added an Epic integration to ChatGPT for Healthcare, with San Francisco-based UCSF Health serving as a pilot partner. The read-only integration allows authorized clinicians at organizations with supported Epic environments to bring patient information, including appointment notes, lab results, medications and specialist documentation, into ChatGPT or access the technology within Epic workflows.
- Mayo Clinic is working with Microsoft on a healthcare-focused frontier AI model designed to synthesize different types of clinical data. Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo will retain ownership of the model, which is initially being deployed and tested within the health system’s clinical environment. Microsoft plans to make the model available through Azure Foundry APIs.
- OpenAI committed $1 billion to a new cybersecurity initiative that includes health systems. Through Daybreak for Frontline Defenders, the company is providing subsidized access to its cyber models, training and technical support for resource-constrained organizations providing essential services. OpenAI said the initiative includes health systems and public hospitals.
- Mercy became the first health system to deploy the Android version of Microsoft’s ambient AI documentation tool for nurses. The Chesterfield, Mo.-based health system is rolling out the technology in phases after piloting it on three units, where the tool was associated with a 22% reduction in flowsheet documentation time per shift.
- Apple Vision Pro was used in surgery at Duke Health with an FDA-authorized Stryker application. A surgeon at Durham, N.C.-based Duke performed a hip arthroscopy using Stryker’s SportSuite Vision application on Apple Vision Pro. The FDA granted the application De Novo authorization July 17 for intraoperative use with the headset.
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