Advocate Health has been aiming to take cognitive and documentation load off its nursing staff by implementing AI and virtual nursing. The Charlotte, N.C.-based health system recently launched Project Nursing, an ambient AI documentation tool from Microsoft for nurses, at…

Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services is suing Change Healthcare over approximately $7 million in losses from a 2024 cyberattack. The health system alleges it incurred the losses, largely in anesthesia, when the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary’s claims processing and payment functions were…

A cybersecurity executive has been arrested in connection with a data breach at an Oklahoma City hospital, KOCO reported. Authorities charged Oklahoma cybersecurity company CEO Jeffrey Bowie with installing malware at SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital, according to the April…

Sixty-one percent of health system leaders say C-suite alignment and collaboration is the top driver of successful technology initiatives, according to an April 17 survey from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions and the Scottsdale Institute. The survey gathered responses…

When ambient AI scribes first emerged in healthcare, they were viewed as niche tools — cutting-edge, yes, but not quite ready for widespread use. Today, ambient documentation has evolved from a proof of concept to a top IT priority across…

Remote patient monitoring at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine has led to a $12 million return on investment from avoided hospitalizations, a new study found. Hospitalizations fell by 59% among patients in a remote patient monitoring program in the six months…

The IT unemployment rate fell to 5% in March, though the overall IT job market shrank, IT consulting firm Janco Associates reported. IT unemployment dropped from a high of 5.7% in January, while terminations of IT professionals exceeded hiring over…

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care has developed AI to message patients with test results and answer billing questions. After becoming an early adopter of an Epic and Microsoft program to draft general patient portal messages with AI, Stanford designed…

Shadow AI—the use of unauthorized or unmonitored AI tools within organizations—is an escalating concern, particularly in sectors like healthcare where data privacy and compliance are critical. This phenomenon arises when vendors or employees deploy AI tools without the knowledge or…

Chapter, a Medicare navigation platform, has raised $75 million in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Stripes, with participation from investors including XYZ Venture Capital, Susa Ventures, Addition, Narya Capital and Maverick Ventures, according to an…