Eight health system executives are among HealthTech Magazine's 30 healthcare IT influencers to follow in 2024.

Healthcare organizations are facing an influx of patient data, both coming in and going out of their organization. Whether communicating with patients, research and development findings, or assessing utilization  management with contracted healthcare payers, data is the key to fueling modernization and improving patient outcomes while implementing a Value- Based Care Model.

Implementing artificial intelligence for remote patient monitoring, clinical command centers and medication management are top focuses for healthcare leaders in the next three years, according to Philips.

Health systems have been partnering with Big Tech on artificial intelligence-powered clinical documentation and cybersecurity. Here are eight collaborations Becker's has reported on in the past month.

Orlando (Fla.) Health's Hospital Care at Home has served 1,000 patients in Central Florida since launching 16 months ago and now is accepting participating commercial insurances.

Better eye contact with patients. Less time looking at the computer during appointments. More thorough EHR notes.

Hundreds of leaders from Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and other healthcare institutions gathered recently to discuss how "platform thinking" can transform the industry.

Healthcare informatics leaders hope to use automation to bridge gaps in staffing, clinical insights and environmental sustainability, according to Philips.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is partnering with the Galien Foundation to boost healthcare innovation. 

Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health has launched an initiative with Best Buy Health's home-care platform, Current Health.  

In an effort to tackle complex healthcare challenges, Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital joined forces with Palantir Technologies. This partnership has yielded multiple benefits, including a 30% reduction in sepsis patient length of stay and millions of dollars in revenue cycle improvements, Scott Arnold, the health system's chief digital and innovation officer, told Becker's.

A Florida health system recently cared for its 1,000th patient through its hospital-at-home program.

The vast majority of IT executives are at least planning to adopt artificial intelligence, with 4 in 10 implementing an "AI-first" strategy where the technology is considered for every new use case, a June 13 report found.

University of Miami Health System is one of the newest investors in Better Health, a startup that provides medical supplies and peer support for chronic disease patients being cared for at home.

Irving, Texas-based Christus Health has entered into a partnership with Abridge, a startup that develops generative artificial intelligence tools for medical documentation, after piloting its technology.

Artificial intelligence is forging closer relationships between CIOs and CEOs and giving IT executives more business leadership responsibilities, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Dozens of hospitals have placed artificial intelligence-powered "black boxes" in operating rooms to improve surgical safety and outcomes, MIT Technology Review reported.

Five-hundred physicians affiliated with Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital will be using AI ambient dictation technology from Microsoft's Nuance to help with documentation. 

In the past five years, venture capital investments in artificial intelligence for healthcare have skyrocketed, expanding at twice the pace of the overall tech industry, according to a June 11 report from Silicon Valley Bank.

While at-home monitoring is less common for kids, one children's hospital now has 11 remote management programs for its pediatric patients.