Mayo Clinic Platform supports clinical research and AI development more effectively than traditional EHRs, according to researchers at the Rochester, Minn.-based health system. The Feb. 16 study in npj Health Systems demonstrated the capabilities of Mayo Clinic Platform, a cloud-based…
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Six health systems were featured on Fortune and Korn Ferry’s 28th annual list of the World’s Most Admired Companies. The list, published Jan. 21, is based on surveys of executives, directors and financial analysts who rated companies on nine criteria,…
Artificial intelligence is becoming a bigger part of healthcare. What started with administrative tasks like documentation, coding, workflow management is expanding quickly. Today, many AI tools can retrieve and summarize clinical guidelines and peer-reviewed research directly within a clinician’s daily…
TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center in Smyrna, Tenn., has appointed Lori Feltner, MSN, as chief nursing officer, according to a Feb. 26 news release shared with Becker’s. StoneCrest is a 119-bed hospital part of Brentwood, Tenn.-based TriStar Health, an affiliate of…
Nurses at Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy reduced their end-of-shift documentation time by 85% after adopting an Epic AI application. Art — Epic’s AI for clinicians — drafts care plan notes for nurses at the end of shifts, summarizing patients’ progress and…
GE HealthCare and UCSF Health have entered into a 10-year collaboration aimed at expanding advanced imaging capabilities and strengthening care delivery across the health system. Here are six things to know about the partnership:
Operating room leaders across the country agree: Performance is being squeezed from every direction. Growing demand, workforce constraints and operational complexity are testing the limits of perioperative capacity. As a consequence, many organizations are rethinking scheduling, staffing models and technology…
Health Gorilla has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Epic and several health systems, arguing the case threatens the stability of nationwide interoperability frameworks used to exchange patient information. In a Feb. 26 press release announcing the…
A decadeslong frustration among midwives and hospitals could escalate, and harm patients, as more women choose home births, NBC News reported Feb. 26. Although a small percentage of U.S. mothers deliver infants at home, this minority is growing, according to…
The Oregon Senate voted Feb. 24 in favor of a bill that, if passed, would require hospitals to treat a patient’s citizenship or immigration status the same as protected health information. The Healthcare Without Fear Act will need to pass…