For the better part of two years, ambient AI companies have been moving beyond pilots and proving their value in healthcare by reducing documentation burden and giving physicians more face time with patients. The results have been significant and measurable.…
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Health systems spend years and hundreds of millions of dollars implementing EHRs, yet two healthcare CIOs say a significant share of that investment remains untapped. More pressing, they argue, the gap between what EHRs can do and what organizations actually…
Sutter Health is expanding the use of a wearable ultrasound device designed to guide fluid treatment in patients with sepsis to three additional Northern California hospitals. The Sacramento, Calif.-based health system said the technology, known as FloPatch, will be introduced…
In the early days of the AI boom, health systems often jumped at the chance to try out the latest tool. Many organizations ended up with a surplus of redundant — or ineffective — solutions. But they discovered key insights…
More than 150 healthcare organizations have been accepted to participate in the initial rollout of CMS’ ACCESS Model. Five things to know: 1. CMS has also extended the application deadline for the model to May 15 ahead of its July…
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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.…
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…