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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…