How AI Can Assist with Workload Balance for Nurses
At UCSF Health, the organization implemented an AI-powered tool to support nurses and give them a bird’s eye view of their units on one screen. Nurses can see patient assignments by nurse and get a better understanding of workload balance across the units.
Patient Safety Isn’t Seasonal: Five Tips Every Health System Should Follow
After more than a decade working in patient safety across large health systems and virtual care platforms, I’ve seen firsthand what strengthens safety—and what quietly undermines it.
Let’s Talk About Robotics in Nursing
As robotics technology enters the healthcare industry, CNOs must be prepared to help their nurses adjust as robotic assisted procedures and robotics-enhanced workflows become more common.
How a Chief Product Officer Can Address Healthcare’s Technology Gap
Healthcare has long sought to use technology to improve clinical care, starting with the EHR and now embracing the AI movement, but all too often that technology has thrown up a barrier between patients and their care teams.
Why 2026 Will Force Structural Change Across Healthcare
Rather than reacting to individual policy changes, organizations are forced to rethink their strategies more holistically. This convergence presents a challenging but powerful window for healthcare leaders to realign priorities and enact forward-looking roadmaps.
Study: Telehealth Isn’t Just a Niche Solution
A new study out of the University of Utah, with support from the University of Michigan and the Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research, finds that nearly half of all telehealth visits across the country for Medicare patients is for something other than a behavioral health concern.
Inpatient RPM Comes Into Focus at UT Health San Antonio
UT Health San Antonio, which partnered with digital health company Nesa on the RPM platform, mapped out all the workflows in advance and visited other health systems to gain a better understanding of what it would take to equip every patient room in the new hospital with the right technology.
Study: Consumer-Facing AI Chatbots Aren’t Ready for Prime Time
The study, conducted by the University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences and the Oxford Internet Institute, finds that consumers using LLMs for medical advice didn’t fare any better on getting the right advice than did a control group accessing “traditional sources of information.”
The Blind Spot Undermining Hospital Margins
AI technology now gives hospitals the ability to see and capture what’s been missed. Hospitals that act can protect their margins, ease the load on their teams, and bring clarity back to the center of care.
Focusing on the Misuse of AI Chatbots in Healthcare
While chatbots that rely on large language models like ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, and Grok produce human-like and confident-sounding responses to the users’ questions, they are not regulated as medical devices and are not validated for healthcare purposes.