Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has gone live with Epic’s AI Text Assistant, a generative AI tool designed to make clinical notes easier for patients to understand, according to the health system’s associate chief health informatics officer for platform innovation. Stephon…
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Healthcare leaders are finding new ways to drive standardization, savings and uptime through evidence-based technology. Healthcare operations leaders are facing mounting challenges: rising costs, staffing shortages and increasing pressure to maintain uptime for mission-critical equipment. As hospital margins shrink —…
A federal jury has awarded an Apple competitor $634.3 million over claims the tech giant infringed on a patent for its smartwatch health-monitoring technology. Health tech company Masimo filed the lawsuit in 2020, asserting the Apple Watch’s heart and blood-oxygen…
Nearly 40% of adults living in rural areas have turned to emergency departments for care that could have been handled in a primary care setting, pointing to persistent issues rural residents face when trying to access routine healthcare services, according…
Pratt (Kan.) Regional Medical Center has requested aid from Pratt County commissioners amid financial challenges, KWCH reported Nov. 18. In early November, PRMC offered three options to the commissioners, including an extension of current sales tax for bond repayment, an…
West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health has become the first health system to sign on to Mayo Clinic’s new AI and digital transformation program. The Rochester, Minn.-based academic medical center launched Mayo Clinic Platform_Insights on Nov. 3, offering its AI…
A record-breaking 70% of NYC Health + Hospitals’ primary care patients now have their Type 2 diabetes controlled, the New York City-based system said Nov. 19. NYC Health + Hospitals defines Type 2 diabetes control as an A1C level below…
Brian Smolskis was appointed president and CEO of California Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles, effective Dec. 8. Mr. Smolskis most recently served as COO of Lompoc (Calif.) Valley Medical Center, a role he began in September 2024. He previously…
For years, the approach to sepsis in acute care settings has been the same: early warning alerts and standardized care protocols. Unfortunately, it hasn’t moved the needle. Sepsis still affects 2.5 million U.S. hospital patients every year, kills over 300,000, and costs the healthcare system $52 billion (AHRQ, 2021). …
The Joint Commission rolled out significant changes in 2025, including plans to cut accreditation standards in half, a new nurse staffing performance requirement and updates to its hospital survey process. Here are 21 actions and updates from the accrediting body…