How to Measure the Value and ROI of AI Tools in Clinical Care
Allina Health has determined that clinicians who use an AI scribe maintain their hours providing direct patient care, which is also known as full-time equivalent (FTE) performance. Clinicians at the health system who do not use an AI scribe tend to have a higher burnout rate, which is associated with lower FTE performance.
Providence’s CIO Looks for Humanity in Healthcare Innovation
Goswami sees today’s tech trends, from AI to virtual care to digital health, as having the potential to bring humanity back to healthcare. But these new tools have to work for both patients and providers, bringing them face-to-face rather than shunting them onto different pathways.
UW Health Study Shows Value of AI Scribes for Clinicians and Health Systems
Ambient listening tools, which are also known as AI scribes, record an encounter between a clinician and a patient, then produce a clinical documentation note for the EHR that can be used to craft care plans and provide information for billing claims sent to payers.
How Can We Justify AI’s Cost?
The industry’s struggle to control rampant costs is forcing executives to dig more deeply into their technology spending habits – especially where and how much they want to invest in AI. And that’s forcing them to confront different definitions of ROI.
The Optimization Playbook
Behind every high-performing building lies an unsung hero: the central plant. These mechanical nerve centers—clusters of chillers, boilers, pumps, and cooling towers—quietly provide heating and cooling to hospitals, airports, campuses, and other complex facilities. When everything hums along, hardly anyone gives them a second thought. But when a pump fails or a chiller trips, the entire operation can feel the shock.
Facilities Managers on the Frontlines Protecting Healthcare Workers
Personal safety isn’t the only consequence—workplace violence is also threatening retention. Nearly two in five healthcare workers have considered leaving their jobs due to safety concerns with almost half likely to leave in the next 12 months.
What’s on the Agenda for PAs in 2026?
For 2026, the CMO of the American Academy of Physician Associates sees ongoing PA trends as well as new opportunities for PAs in areas such as technology adoption.
Healthcare’s Viability Tests in 2026 Put a Premium on Enterprise Risk Management
Ongoing and new disruptions in 2026 will keep the pressure on, putting a premium on the ability to successfully anticipate and adapt to the pressures of an increasingly risky environment.
How New Technologies Are Changing the ED
AI tools are pulling in data from the EHR and other sources, giving clinicians chart summaries and offering care suggestions, and helping stratify patient needs and plan the patient’s discharge or admittance.
Healthcare and Cybersecurity: Math Always Favors Attackers
Bad actors have had to evolve with the times. More PHI is hosted on the cloud and levels of protection are much higher than they were in the past. Where once a successful attack could allow access to your entire system or database, modern techniques make it nearly impossible to get access to everything.