Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Monument Health uses more than a dozen generative artificial intelligence applications within its Epic EHR system. The Rapid City, S.D.-based health system said clinicians are already using these tools, with adoption rates exceeding the national average among health systems using…

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…

Google.org and the Johnson & Johnson Foundation are investing $10 million in a new initiative aimed at expanding AI training for healthcare workers in rural communities. The collaboration, announced in an April 14 news release, seeks to address gaps in…

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…

Artificial intelligence chatbots failed to accurately generate a list of possible diagnoses based on initial patient symptoms more than 80% of the time, but improved considerably when given more information, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Somerville,…

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…

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…

For decades, healthcare has operated largely as a reactive system — treating patients after symptoms appear and documenting care after it is delivered. That model is now beginning to shift. Advances in AI and emerging technologies are enabling a new…

For hospitals, getting front-line workers involved in the development and implementation of a new artificial intelligence tool is not just a best practice, “it’s the difference between a tool that gets used and one that gets ignored,” Stacey Conklin, MSN,…