Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care has launched a cardiovascular screening program in partnership with Bunkerhill Health. The program applies Bunkerhill Health’s AI platform to clinical data from patients’ routine chest CT scans previously performed for other medical reasons, according…

Healthcare is investing in AI. But most operating models haven’t changed Health systems have long had more manual work to do than staff to perform it. Now, these health systems are rapidly adopting AI under the promise that it will…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and pharmaceutical giant Merck are teaming up to leverage AI for drug discovery and development. The partnership will meld clinical insights from Mayo Clinic Platform, the health system’s digital health and data analytics arm, with Merck’s…

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital does not love pilots, Scott Arnold, executive vice president and chief digital and innovation officer of the health system, told Becker’s. “In healthcare, pilots often become a slow ‘no.’ We prefer to test quickly and scale…

Charleston, S.C-based MUSC Health, Peoria, Ill-based OSF HealthCare, Kettering (Ohio) Health, and Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare have deployed an AI-powered contract intelligence platform from startup SpendRule. The solution validates invoices against contract terms in real time prior to making payments.…

Laurel, Miss.-based South Central Regional Medical Center has set the record for the most groups to simultaneously go live on Epic’s diagnostic lab data-exchange platform. Nine organizations signed on to Aura as part of South Central Regional Medical Center’s Jan.…

While nearly half of behavioral health visits happen remotely, non-mental health conditions still account for tens of millions of telehealth appointments, a new study found. Every year, an estimated 31 million mental health visits are remote, compared to 29 million…

New York City-based Cornell Tech has appointed a chief of health innovation and created a health tech advisory committee. Tanzeem Choudhury, PhD, was named health innovation chief after serving the past five years as director of the Health Tech Hub…

Houston Methodist has deployed an AI platform for clinical documentation and revenue integrity across its ambulatory, emergency and inpatient settings. The health system is rolling out the platform enterprisewide to support clinicians and nurses with documentation and clinical workflows, according…

Northwell Health, HCA Healthcare and UPMC are in the midst of major EHR transitions slated for completion over the next several months and years. Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, a 190-hospital system, is working to move its entire enterprise to the…