Innovation

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:

Charleston, S.C.-based Medical University of South Carolina has entered a five-year strategic partnership with Revival Healthcare Capital aimed at accelerating the development and clinical advancement of new medical technologies. The collaboration is designed to create a scalable model that enables…

Analyzing multiple photos from across an oncology patient’s course of treatment with AI may be an even better predictor of survival than a single photo alone, a new Mass General Brigham study found. Researchers behind FaceAge, which uses AI to…

Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health has selected Heidi as its systemwide AI scribe vendor. The 14-hospital system has started rolling out the technology to all its physicians after a successful six-month pilot with 1,000 providers. They reported satisfaction with…

Howard Messing has been appointed board chair of Meditech following the death of company founder Neil Pappalardo. Mr. Messing was most recently vice board chair at the privately owned EHR vendor, where he also served as CEO for 10 years.…

Epic is not focusing on maximizing profits but rather on “creating software that helps take care of patients,” according to founder and CEO Judy Faulkner. During a recent interview with Ms. Faulkner, “Freakonomics Radio” host Stephen Dubner pointed to the…

As OSF HealthCare grew and evolved, so did the complexity of managing facilities operations across the system. Leadership needed a modern and consistent way to understand performance, identify risks and make informed decisions at scale. OSF turned to Pointcore to…

Health systems are updating their EHR upgrade strategies amid the shift to AI and rapid technological evolution in healthcare, executives told Becker’s. IT leaders refresh their EHRs as little as annually to as much as quarterly, based on what their…

UChicago Medicine plans to deploy a large-scale digital infrastructure platform across its facilities through a new agreement with healthcare technology company Artisight. Under the agreement, the health system will bring Artisight’s Smart Hospital Platform to multiple care settings, including patient…