UC San Diego researchers have developed Project CRASHCART, a mobile backup computing system designed to restore essential IT functions at hospitals hit by cyberattacks. The van-based unit can bring patient records, communication networks and clinical workflows back online for a…
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Health systems have lately been managing token-based AI costs across their broader vendor stack largely through access tiering and governance. What emerged at this year’s Epic Users Group Meeting is a narrower problem: The vendor’s own AI suite, now woven…
UC Davis Health researchers developed a brain-computer interface that let a man with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis communicate independently at home for nearly two years, according to a study published in Nature Medicine. The system was developed by researchers at UC…
Coral Gables, Fla.-based Baptist Health Foundation has received a $2 million gift to establish the Baptist Health Innovations Collaborative Innovation Fund, a philanthropic initiative aimed at accelerating healthcare innovation and expanding strategic partnerships. The gift, provided by the Argosy Foundation,…
Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health has named the first eight technology companies it will work with under a transformation plan led by its owner, General Catalyst’s Health Assurance Transformation Co. The companies are Aidoc, Clarium, Commure, Fabric, Hippocratic AI, Judi Health,…
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The demo was flawless. The reference calls were glowing. Six months after signing, you are still waiting on EHR integration that was “almost done” at contract. Your staff is manually reconciling data the AI was supposed to handle. The vendor…
UPMC may slow or hold off on some artificial intelligence deployments if the health system does not have the technology infrastructure needed to adequately monitor the tools, according to its chief medical information officer. The approach comes as health systems…
A year ago, health system CIOs walking the halls of Epic’s Users Group Meeting were still convincing themselves — and their boards — that generative AI in the EHR was more than a demo. This year, that debate is over.…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham has launched the first clinical trial in the country testing a Home Hospital model for patients with primary psychiatric conditions, alongside a second trial extending Home Hospital care to patients with dementia. The pilot trial,…
For Edmund Pribitkin, MD, executive vice president, chief physician executive and president of the Jefferson Medical Group at Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health, the standard response to industry headwinds — reimbursement pressure, workforce shortages, rising costs — starts with one question: Who…