An AI model from OpenAI outperformed human physicians on emergency department diagnoses, a new study found. Researchers compared the o1 model to two human physicians using 76 emergency cases at Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The AI identified the…
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Health systems are rapidly expanding their AI footprints, but leaders at some of the largest organizations told Becker’s that portfolio size matters less than what holds up under evaluation, scales across the enterprise and delivers provable clinical and operational value.…
Remote patient monitoring can help detect early health changes among lung transplant recipients in their first year after discharge, Mayo Clinic researchers found. During the 12-month study, published April 30 in the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation Open, researchers…
Orlando (Fla.) Health has opened a new innovation hub at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. The Orlando Health Strategic Innovations space is located within the university’s innovation building and is designed to bring together health system leaders, students…
Oracle Health has resumed its U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs EHR rollout after a three-year hiatus and has been working to advance CMS’ “Kill the Clipboard” initiative. Meanwhile, the EHR vendor continues to refine its AI and upgrade strategy. “[E]nhancements…
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While the CMS waiver to provide acute hospital care at home has existed since 2020, the majority of hospitals and health systems still don’t have a program. Here are four ways to increase adoption, according to Austin Kilaru, MD, a…
Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua Health has eliminated 15,000 excess hospital days after building AI tools with Microsoft. Here are three things to know from an April 7 Microsoft news release: 1. The five-hospital system created Power BI dashboards and Copilot summaries…
Houston Methodist was recently ranked the most innovative health system in America by Fortune, in part for having an “innovation culture.” But what does that look like in practice? “We see our 35,000 employees as 35,000 innovators, empowered to raise…
Health systems are reassigning duties and reallocating personnel because of AI and automation — or at least having conversations with employees that it’s coming, CIOs and digital leaders told Becker’s. AI has already started to replace some healthcare jobs and…
The American Hospital Association and the West Health Institute are launching a three-year initiative to help hospitals scale technology-driven solutions to improve care delivery. Here are four things to know about the initiative: