Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie has improved patient safety and its financial outlook since launching a virtual care center in 2023. The Guthrie Pulse Center has saved the six-hospital system millions of dollars while reducing time spent in the emergency department by…
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Tacoma, Wash.-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has achieved success after scaling AI for several use cases. Here are four takeaways from a Dec. 29 American Medical Association article: 1. The 10-hospital system, which is part of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, started…
Little Rock, Ark.-based Baptist Health has experienced time and cost savings from using Amazon Quick Sight, an AI-powered business intelligence platform. Here are three things to know from a Dec. 23 Amazon blog post: 1. The 11-hospital system has cut…
Oracle Health, the nation’s second-largest EHR vendor by market share, had a busy December, expanding health system projects and its AI customer base. Here are 11 times Becker’s reported on the company in the past month: 1. King of Prussia,…
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs says “failure is not an option” as it plans to resume its Oracle Health EHR implementation at 13 medical centers in 2026. Success will require strong communication and collaboration among VA staffers, as well…
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Healthcare organizations are increasingly adopting artificial intelligence to improve efficiency and reduce administrative burden, but most remain cautious about deploying AI in high-risk clinical scenarios, a Dec. 29 KLAS Research report found. The report is based on interviews and surveys…
Healthcare AI is like the subtitle of the first “Star Wars” movie, giving physicians “a new hope” that they can practice present, joyful medicine, an academic health system leader told Becker’s. Those reasons for optimism include ambient listening to automate…
Kaiser Permanente Southern California Pathology has implemented a new enterprise digital pathology platform, according to Sony Wirio, MD, the health system’s regional chief of pathology. Dr. Wirio wrote in a LinkedIn post that the organization transitioned to Sectra Digital Pathology,…
OpenAI is hiring a researcher to focus on health AI safety as it expands efforts to ensure its models provide reliable medical information. The San Francisco-based company is seeking a researcher, health AI, to join its Safety Systems team, according…
Health systems continue to collaborate with Big Tech on AI and other digital transformation projects. Here are 11 partnerships Becker’s reported on in the past month: 1. Michigan Medicine recently completed a project enabling Microsoft’s ambient voice technology in clinical…