BJC Health is the new name of the combined BJC HealthCare and Saint Luke’s Health System. St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare and Kansas City, Mo.-based Saint Luke’s merged in 2024, creating a 24-hospital, $10.7 billion organization known as BJC Health System.…

Virtual nursing is growing beyond the four walls of the hospital. For instance, Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, one of the leading providers of inpatient virtual nursing, is expanding the care model to its ambulatory practices. Virtual nurses now handle after-hours calls…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has developed an AI algorithm that can detect obstructive sleep apnea using electrocardiogram results. The study, published Nov. 4 in JACC: Advances, analyzed 12-lead ECG test data from 11,299 patients who had also undergone sleep evaluations.…

Health system leaders agree on one thing: technology won’t fix healthcare’s biggest problems on its own. Despite growing expectations that technology can solve the industry’s biggest problems, health IT leaders say the most persistent myth is that innovation alone can…

St. Louis-based Mercy is partnering with Microsoft to develop what the organizations describe as the first commercially available ambient AI solution for nurses, aimed at reducing administrative burdens and improving patient care. The technology, part of Microsoft Dragon Copilot, captures…

Manchester, Ky.-based AdventHealth Manchester will begin implementing virtual care smart rooms powered by HelloCare in fall 2025, with full rollout expected by 2026. The virtual care smart rooms will allow patients to engage with care teams via secure video consultations…

Seventeen healthcare organizations using Epic’s software are now connected to a federally backed health information network. The organizations began participating in the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement in October, an Epic spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. TEFCA is a government-led…

Optum Rx has developed AI-driven initiatives to make pharmacy operations faster, safer and more reliable, as well as to give its pharmacists more time to focus on patient care. “We use both AI and advancing technologies to ensure our pharmacists…

The vast majority of health system leaders are focusing on AI and digital tools to increase timely, convenient access to care, healthcare consulting firm Chartis found. “We may finally be at a tipping point if 90% of healthcare executives agree…

Three health systems are among the latest investors in Hippocratic AI, a digital health startup that has reached a $3.5 billion valuation. Cincinnati Children’s, King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services and York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health participated in a $126…