Artificial Intelligence

The hospital was looking for someone to lead data, analytics and AI capabilities and to combine that with operations, says Alda Mizaku, chief data and AI officer.

The health systems, Illumina, and Regeneron have invested $320M in what Truveta calls the largest and most diverse database for patient care.

The scribe needs specialty support to tackle the "edge" cases such as the complex care provided in the ER. It also needs to be coding-aware for the financial health of the hospital, says Dr. William Morris, Ambience Healthcare CMO.

AI is especially prevalent across biopharma, with 30% of healthcare investment in 2024 going to companies leveraging AI.

Abridge's AI platform has been deployed at Johns Hopkins Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, UPMC and at least 10 other locations.

Ribbon's platform facilitates how patients find the right doctor across digital health and insurance platforms.

The companies' boards of directors say the merger will make it easier for people to access affordable healthcare.

The coming year is going to show where AI's practical use cases are going to be in healthcare, say editors from HIMSS Media brands Healthcare Finance News, Healthcare IT News and MobiHealthNews.

The editors of Healthcare IT News, Healthcare Finance News and MobiHealthNews look at the big trends in AI, cybersecurity and reimbursement and the uncertainty of what to expect from a new administration.

These positions are central to improving care efficiency in the clinical and operational uses of AI at health systems, says Zachary Durst, a consultant in the IT practice of WittKieffer.