The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is partnering with SOPHiA GENETICS to advance the use of artificial intelligence in cancer diagnostics and research. Through the collaboration, MD Anderson will work with the precision medicine company to…

Former American Medical Association President Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Aidoc, a company that develops AI-based systems to analyze medical images and identify acute abnormalities. In this role, Dr. Ehrenfeld will support health systems as…

Renton, Wash.-based Providence has sold its health IT consulting arm, Tegria Services Group, to healthcare-focused investment firm Altaris. The 51-hospital system launched the subsidiary in 2020, combining nine health tech investments into one. “We are proud of the value created…

Researchers at Palo Alto, Calif.,-based Stanford Medicine have developed an AI model capable of predicting an individual’s risk of developing more than 100 health conditions using sleep study data. The model, called SleepFM, was trained on 600,000 hours of polysomnography…

Boston Children’s Hospital has teamed up with Amazon Web Services to create “clinical doppelgangers” to find patients with like conditions and boost treatment. Clinicians at the pediatric health system use large language models and AWS managed services to surface patients…

ChatGPT is rapidly emerging as a new waypoint in the patient journey, with millions of Americans using the generative AI tool to research symptoms, prepare for appointments, navigate insurance and seek answers when providers are unavailable. More than 40 million…

The FDA will not regulate wearable devices that provide nonmedical-grade health information, a move aimed at giving technology companies clearer guidance as AI-driven health tools proliferate, Fox Business reported Jan. 6. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, MD, announced the shift during…

AI is rapidly becoming clinical infrastructure. But accountability frameworks have not scaled at the same pace. When AI contributes to harm, many organizations still end up improvising answers to the same question: Who is responsible? A World Health Organization Europe…

Chicago-based Rush University System for Health is teaming up with Amazon One Medical to boost access to its virtual — and in-person — specialty care. The three-hospital system started working with the tech giant’s hybrid primary care company Jan. 1,…

Laurel, Miss.-based South Central Regional Medical Center and its consortium partners are finalizing preparations to launch a new Epic EHR system, with a Jan. 31 go-live date approaching. The transition includes South Central Regional Medical Center, Covington County Hospital, Magee…