Epic already has generative artificial intelligence built into its EHR to draft patient portal messages, write nurse handoffs, and create patient summaries — and the company says it has more than 60 additional use cases in development.

Healthcare is embracing generative artificial intelligence slower than other industries but using it most for personalization and customer experience, according to a survey of 600 IT leaders.

CIOs ensure technology is both beneficial for clinical workflows and implemented appropriately. Below is a list of hospitals and health systems searching for IT executive talent:

Optum's data and analytics arm has seen a 35% increase in revenue year over year following the company's purchase of Change Healthcare for $13 billion.

Bon Secours Mercy Health, based in Cincinnati, confirmed to Becker's that it is laying off some positions within its information and technology team. 

MDisrupt, an online marketplace that provides experts to the medtech industry, raised $3 million in seed financing. 

John Halamka, MD, president of Mayo Clinic Platform, said going from paper charts to fully digital ended up losing the hearts and minds of clinicians and nurses.

Since the emergence of generative AI, not only have hospitals and health systems been trying to create governance for the new technology, they have been also looking at AI to shoulder some of healthcare's biggest burdens. 

The Department of Veterans Affairs is opening four new centers dedicated to testing artificial intelligence, FedScoop reported Oct. 12. 

Saint Peter's Healthcare System, based in New Brunswick, N.J., is now offering patients 18 years and older access to urgent virtual care.