UW Medicine’s Harborview Medical Center in Seattle recently retrofitted hospital rooms with smart technology, and the hospital has already observed accelerated recovery for spine patients. Those results stem from a pilot in Harborview’s acute care and intensive care units. Most…

The administrative burden of utilization review processes like prior authorizations and concurrent review has long been a thorn in the side of healthcare providers. While prior authorizations have garnered significant attention in recent years, concurrent review is an equally important,…

The University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia has received $3.9 million over five years from the Health Resources and Services Administration to establish the Center for Telehealth Research and Policy, or C-TRaP. More than 20% of the U.S.…

Cleveland-based University Hospitals has activated a whole-hospital virtual nursing program at UH Lake West Medical Center, expanding its connected care team initiative. The program, which went live Sept. 17, uses Vitalchat’s AI-powered video platform to extend the reach of nurses…

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health is partnering with Hyro to deploy AI agents across voice, chat and SMS to extend self-service capabilities to patients . Sutter Health will integrate Hyro’s agentic AI tools into its systemwide operations to streamline functions such…

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health is rolling out Ambience Healthcare’s AI platform across its ambulatory network. The platform aims to reduce clinician burnout and improve care quality by generating compliant, coding-aware documentation in real time. Ardent Chief Medical Officer FJ Campbell,…

Microsoft has seized 338 phishing websites associated with a cybercrime service that targeted at least 20 U.S. healthcare organizations. Using a court order granted by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the tech giant’s Digital…

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has invested $4.5 million to launch a shared Epic EHR system with Sacramento-based WellSpace Health, one of the region’s largest federally qualified health center networks. The integration brings both organizations onto Epic, giving clinicians real-time access…

Epic’s revenue rose to $5.7 billion in 2024, a company spokesperson told Becker’s, as the EHR vendor continues to add health system customers. That number is up from $4.9 billion in 2023 and $1.2 billion in 2012. Epic has continued…

Health systems across the U.S. are rapidly adopting AI to enhance patient care, streamline operations and reduce administrative burdens.  From using AI to generate annual savings to developing AI models for earlier intervention, health systems are finding innovative ways to…