Strategic Planning

Sixty percent of provider respondents experience shortages of more than 20 drugs, according to an AHA report Amazon Business helped sponsor, says Bill Kopitke, general manager and head of healthcare at Amazon Business.

Health systems are in a race to keep up with the pace of change, says David Smith, CFO of Anatomy IT.  

NLP is not new but, combined with large language models, is able to further increase performance and the number of use cases, says Dr. Tim O'Connell, founder and CEO of medical NLP company emtelligent.

Medical device manufacturers are often late in making a patch available, allowing perpetrators to get a foothold into the system, says Richard Staynings, chief security strategist at Cylera.  

One of the main benefits is the ability during a clinical interaction to take the hands off the keyboard, look directly at the patient and have a conversation, says Dr. Brian Hasselfeld, senior medical director of digital health and innovation at Johns Hopkins Medicine.  

The funding will go toward a new cardiovascular tower and emergency department, among other upgrades.

AI is integrated in the EHR so patients don't have to repeat - every time they call - the reason why they're calling, says Talkdesk healthcare and life sciences GM Patty Hayward.

AI has not yet done what the technology has done for other industries, and that is to inject productivity and efficiency gains into the system, says Dr. Brian Hasselfeld, senior medical director of digital health and innovation at Johns Hopkins Medicine.  

Consumers are looking for a more collaborative singular healthcare journey that focuses on preventative care, as well as the social aspect, says Adam Chee, associate professor, National University of Singapore.

Saint Alphonsus Health System is acquiring an ambulatory surgery center and two urgent care centers.