Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic created an AI algorithm that can take an ECG from an Apple Watch and predict if a patient has a low ejection fraction. 

Dozens of hospitals and health systems across the country are using Meta's virtual reality headsets to train clinicians on complex procedures, CNBC reported Sept. 9.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has launched a $3.7 million center aiming to make virtual care available to all.

Despite tight operating margins, 80 percent of healthcare organizations increased their technology spending in the past year and three-quarters expect that growth to continue, KLAS Research and Bain & Co. reported Sept. 12.

Lawrence (Kan.) Memorial Hospital is using an artificial intelligence program, dubbed KATE, during its triage process, which has helped staff with their decision-making process and reduced biases, Lawrence-Journal World reported Sept. 10. 

Cedars-Sinai is now regularly hosting meetings where its employees can pitch ideas to senior leaders on how the health system can best use artificial intelligence to improve patient care.

Google has taken advantage of the growing demand for artificial intelligence in healthcare to expand its reach among several top health systems and EHR vendors.

Artificial intelligence is still prone to inaccuracies — so one health system is reminding employees to double-check its work.

Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health saw payoff from a virtual nursing pilot program that it ran at Abington (Pa.) Hospital from March to June, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Sept. 11.

Leaders from Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger, Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai and Microsoft's health unit will help advise a new generative artificial intelligence collaborative from AVIA. 

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health received the 2023 Davis Award of Excellence from the Health Information Management Systems Society for a series of case studies on the use of technology to treat patients with complex conditions.

Keith Dreyer, DO, PhD, chief data science officer of Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham, has been named to the inaugural Time 100 AI List.

Ibex Medical Analytics, an artificial intelligence-powered cancer diagnostics, raised $55 million in series C financing.

Google is collaborating with Meditech to bring generative artificial intelligence to EHRs, including at Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.

Financial engagement platform Cedar is using Google Cloud's artificial intelligence tools to assist patients with their healthcare bills.

Absci, a company using generative artificial intelligence in the drug discovery process, laid off 30 employees or about 15 percent of its staff, GeekWire reported Sept. 6.

Researchers from New Haven, Conn.-based Yale University have developed an algorithm that can predict patients' disease severity and hospital lengths of stay.

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine has billed patients for fewer than 1 percent of MyChart messages since a new policy allowing charges for the patient portal interactions, the Baltimore Banner reported Sept. 6.

GE HealthCare and Boston-based Mass General Brigham developed an artificial intelligence algorithm to reduce administrative burden.

Orlando (Fla.) Health has rolled out virtual sitting at four hospitals, joining a growing list of health systems that are turning to the telehealth platform to prevent falls and other injuries.