As health systems across the U.S. look for ways to stabilize the nursing workforce and reduce pressure at the bedside, Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health is scaling a virtual nursing model that is showing measurable impact across clinical, operational and workforce metrics.…
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While AI may not replace the EHR anytime soon, it will “fundamentally change” it, potentially relieving clinicians of the need to type on a keyboard, CIOs told Becker’s. With the rise of ambient AI that documents and processes information about…
As demand for clinical informatics and AI expertise accelerates, UChicago Medicine is extending its training model beyond its own workforce — aiming to help build a global pipeline of clinical IT leaders. The health system recently partnered with Taiwan’s Ministry…
Researchers at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic used AI to determine that measuring fat around the heart greatly improves the accuracy of predicting long-term cardiovascular disease risk. The investigators applied AI to thousands of study participants’ standard coronary artery scans, finding…
Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine is working with Epic to incorporate more “nudges” into the EHR to lead clinicians and patients to evidence-based choices for better health outcomes. Leaders from Penn Medicine and Epic gathered recently in Philadelphia to discuss opportunities to…
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A wave of health systems has moved to launch or expand hospital-at-home programs in 2026, buoyed by a federal reimbursement extension that has given organizations the financial footing to invest in the care model. After the federal government extended the…
It took less than a week at the start of 2026 for three of the world’s largest technology companies to each announce dedicated health AI products. The rush has not slowed since. OpenAI, Anthropic and Amazon all debuted consumer and…
By 2036, healthcare IT will likely be unlike anything we see today — not because of a single breakthrough technology, but because of how deeply digital tools are embedded into care delivery. Across health systems, chief medical and nursing informatics…
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to go live April 11 with its new Oracle Health EHR at four medical centers in Michigan, The Detroit News reported April 10. The sites will be Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Detroit and…
Cleveland Clinic has partnered with automation startup Luminai to reduce administrative burden and allow caregivers to focus more on patients, Forbes reported. Their first use case will focus on streamlining referrals, which often still arrive via fax, according to the…