Health IT news and digital transformation trends

As health systems accelerate artificial intelligence adoption, many are finding that the hardest work is not launching pilots, but deciding which ones deserve to move forward and which should stop. At Cincinnati-based Christ Hospital Health Network, leaders deliberately chose to…

Payer-provider dynamics have been a persistent struggle in healthcare, particularly shown during heated contract negotiations. AI — such as clinicians using scribes associated with greater coding intensity and insurers harnessing AI platforms to authenticate claims and assist with prior authorization — has…

Ten health technology companies have pledged more than $600 million in no-cost and discounted services to help states implement Medicaid work requirements. According to a Jan. 29 news release from CMS, the commitments support implementation of work, education and community-based…

Health systems across the U.S. have begun scaling ambient artificial intelligence tools in a bid to ease one of clinicians’ biggest burdens: documentation. But is the technology delivering on its promise? Documentation and related administrative tasks cost the U.S. healthcare…

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has implemented a 24/7 virtual care model to manage after-hours patient needs across 63 primary care practices in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The systemwide change eliminates most on-call duties for primary care physicians by routing after-hours calls…

AdventHealth Castle Rock (Colo.) has launched a virtual nursing model aimed at streamlining inpatient admissions and enhancing bedside care. The virtual admit nursing program, now live, is a nursing-led model wherein trained virtual nurses complete or assist with inpatient admissions,…

Nursing informatics leaders say the most meaningful patient safety improvements tied to AI in nursing workflows so far have come from mature, predictable decision-support tools — while more experimental applications, including generative AI, remain largely unproven at the bedside. Marc…

When Cleveland Clinic appointed Ben Shahshahani, PhD, as chief AI officer in July 2024, the job description was still evolving across the healthcare industry, and so were expectations for what the role could realistically deliver. Dr. Shahshahani joined the Cleveland…

New York City-based NYU Langone Health developed an AI model that predicts with 88% accuracy whether patients will require skilled nursing care after hospital discharge. The two-part tool analyzes admission notes to identify seven key risk factors. It then generates…

Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health has partnered with generative AI platform Qualified Health to expand AI across its enterprise. The collaboration incorporates Qualified Health’s governed platform to support “high-impact initiatives” throughout Jefferson’s multistate network, according to a Jan. 27 Qualified Health news…