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Configurable AI integrations hit highest automation benchmarks
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (579+ words) Health systems across the United States are deploying, measuring and realizing financial value from agentic artificial intelligence in call center operations." But as agentic AI provides relief to short-staffed teams, healthcare organizations lag in tracking performance and deploying agents for…...
As AI explodes, the need for synthetic data is more crucial than ever
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (558+ words) In a time when health systems are struggling to gain meaningful insights from data " and simultaneously aware that safeguarding patient privacy is essential " synthetic data offers a lot of potential. Synthetic data refers to artificially generated data that replicates the…...
Top 10 most-read AI stories of 2025
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (320+ words) Earlier this month, the U. S. Department of Human Services'put out a request for information seeking stakeholder ideas about how artificial intelligence and machine learning can find useful applications across health systems and be more deeply integrated into day-to-day care delivery. "Our…...
AI falls short on differential diagnosis, despite high accuracy rates
2+ week, 58+ min ago (499+ words) Large language models are improving in diagnostic accuracy but still fall short on the core clinical reasoning required to navigate uncertainty, according to a study from Mass General Brigham. The report, published in JAMA Network Open earlier this month, evaluated…...
New AI model from MGB could predict dementia risk and more
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (494+ words) Using a form of machine learning called self-supervised learning, Mass General Brigham researchers have created a new predictive artificial intelligence model, which they say could help generate insights from sparser medical datasets. Trained on upward of 49, 000 diverse brain MRI scans…...
Vendor notebook: AI tackles an evolving menu of organizational needs
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1083+ words) Of note, we highlight software that maps clinical notes to medical codes to improve billing accuracy and a new healthcare-specific patient identity and fraud-protection platform that uses advanced technologies to detect deepfakes. Not to be left behind, government medical centers…...
Kontakt. io at HIMSS26 launches AI tool designed to ease ops analytics
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (268+ words) Philipp von Gilsa, CEO of Kontakt. io Hospitals have plenty of data, but it can take teams and weeks of work to get insights crucial to hospital operations. As a result, leaders rely too heavily on spreadsheets, consultants and high-level…...
Epic's AI Charting tool now available for EHR clients
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (438+ words) Epic this week released its integrated AI Charting tool for all electronic health record customers." The technology follows on the heels of the Art for Clinicians suite of AI tools, first unveiled at the EHR giant's summer users group meeting....
HIMSSCast: New AI search algorithm is advancing precision pediatrics
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (341+ words) This past year, researchers at Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario announced the development of a new artificial intelligence-enabled search algorithm that can help identify patients who might have a genetic disease they're not aware of." By scanning the health system's…...
Vendor notebook: Forging ahead on imaging and cybersecurity AI
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1255+ words) As imaging professionals gather in Chicago this week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America meeting in Chicago this week, there's lots of new announcements focused on AI-enabled products and processes for radiology and other imaging…...