In 2024, hospital and health system CIOs are focusing on exploring generative AI use cases, with the aim of driving greater efficiencies for their organizations and staff. 

One health system reduced the stress and burnout associated with EHR use by making a recent update to its system "fun," the American Medical Association reported.

Hackers threatened to "swat" patients of Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center if the organization didn't meet its ransom demands, databreaches.net reported.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC is investing in cybersecurity in a challenging economic environment by making the business case for it, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 4.

An anonymous employee from Liberty (Mo.) Hospital is alleging that the organization has been cutting employee hours due to a December cybersecurity incident, KCTV reported Jan. 3. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas Home Health has transitioned to Compassus, which specializes in providing integrated home-based care. 

The Coalition for Health AI, formed in December 2022, has called on public and private partners via a JAMA study released Dec. 20, 2023, to develop assurance labs for the testing of artificial intelligence tools for healthcare based on arranged…

U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, R-N.C., is seeking legislation that would protect physicians using artificial intelligence, and opened up a discussion on how healthcare AI will be regulated according to a Jan. 3 Politico report. 

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia developed a tool that uses artificial intelligence to image cells and provide insight into gene activity.

Macroeconomic forces such as inflation, shortages in labor and challenges in reimbursement persistently drive healthcare organizations to increasingly adopt automation, Bain & Co. reported Jan. 3.