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.
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.
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.
Tampa General Hospital CMO Offers Healthcare Predictions for 2026
For 2026, the top clinical officer at Tampa General Hospital foresees healthcare trends in care delivery, complexity of patients, AI tool adoption, and financial pressures.
Rapid Blood Test Improves Sepsis Care at Froedtert Hospital
Froedtert Hospital, which is part of the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health system, adopted the IntelliSep test for emergency department patients in August 2024. Since adopting the test, the mortality rate for sepsis patients has decreased by 42% and hospital length of stay has been reduced by nearly two days for patients with a suspected infection.
IHI Forum: Panel Warns of the Health Implications of Compulsive Gambling
A panel of experts urged attendees at the IHI Forum in Anaheim this week to start paying attention to a societal issue that could be the next health epidemic: Compulsive gambling addiction.
NCQA Chief to Tech Execs: Invest More in Primary Care
Peggy O’Kane, who is retiring from the National Committee on Quality Assurance at the end of this year, says innovation and technology should be used to support the primary care provider, but too often is being deployed to siphon away services or give consumers other platforms to access care.
CMS Overpaid Many Hospitals After Change Healthcare Cyberattack, While Hundreds Missed Out
Researchers from the University of Minnesota examining the federal response to the incident found that CMS overpaid a significant portion of hospitals through its accelerated and advance payment program, while hundreds of other facilities that experienced significant financial losses did not receive assistance.