Innovation

UPMC Enterprises, the venture capital arm of Pittsburgh-based UPMC, has invested in Koda Health, an AI-enhanced advance care planning platform. UPMC Enterprises participated in a Series A funding round, according to an April 28 news release. Koda Health’s platform guides…

Healthcare AI has not been widely evaluated for clinical benefits, leaving a dearth of information on whether the technology actually improves patient outcomes, a Nature Medicine correspondence argues. Much of the existing literature focuses on algorithmic performance in retrospective or…

Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Cottage Health is taking a more structured approach to innovation with the addition of a chief innovation officer role designed to turn frontline ideas into measurable results. Ryan Kelly, PhD, was named to the position in February…

Saint Francis Health System, based in Tulsa, Okla., is working to build a pipeline of information technology talent through direct engagement with students at Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. Five IT managers from the health system met with OSUIT…

Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner cautions that AI can be manipulated, so the healthcare industry should studiously monitor its evolution. “Lots of things have been gamed lately. Capitalism has been gamed. Government has been gamed. I think AI we…

With an estimated 140,000 health AI companies competing for health system attention, the challenge for executives is no longer whether to adopt AI but how to evaluate which platforms will deliver at scale. During a featured session at Becker’s 16th…

With the proliferation of AI and other technology vendors, health systems are applying a fresh level of scrutiny to IT solutions to ensure they’re actually solving the intended problems — and that their organizations can’t do the same thing themselves,…

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has rolled out hospital at home at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, both in Philadelphia. The academic health system spent nearly three years building the program, from concept to pilot to…

Renton, Wash.-based Providence now has 12 AI use cases in Epic after upgrading the EHR in April. As part of the 51-hospital system’s Project Pixel, clinical and revenue cycle applications, informatics and healthcare intelligence staffers are rolling out Epic AI…

Health systems are experiencing rising call volumes while using phone systems that weren’t designed for today’s digital expectations. AI-based technologies are changing the landscape, enabling organizations to improve the patient experience and reduce costs. During Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting in…