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Microsoft, Epic deepen partnership: 3 notes

Microsoft, Epic and health systems across the country are working to develop an AI solution that uses ambient technology to streamline nursing documentation.

Bethel U launches health sciences college through $20M donation: 5 things to know

Saint Paul, Minn.-based Bethel University has launched the Anderson Family College of Health Sciences with the help of a $20 million donation to provide healthcare education to future healthcare workers.

OU Health hospital performs 1st pediatric heart transplant in decades

Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health has performed the hospital’s first pediatric heart transplant in decades. 

MedStar Health sees documentation as 'ripe for disruption'

Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health has been on a years-long journey to reduce the documentation burden for its clinicians and has recently inked an expanded partnership with AI-powered voice assistant platform Suki AI in order to do so.

Mount Sinai opens center for patients with complex conditions

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System has opened a new center to care for patients with complex chronic conditions, such as long COVID-19 and Lyme disease. 

Oklahoma City hospital opts for Meditech EHR

An Oklahoma City hospital has selected Meditech Expanse for its EHR.

Virginia health system adopts ambient AI for 750-plus providers

A Virginia health system plans to launch a generative AI-powered clinical documentation tool from Abridge to more than 750 providers.

Hospitals sick of fighting for Medicare Advantage dollars

Health systems are growing increasingly frustrated with fighting to receive payments from insurers in the Medicare Advantage program, which now provides health coverage to more than 55% of the nation’s older adults, about 33.8 million people. 

NY requires hospitals to have CISOs: 8 things to know

New York state regulations aiming to boost hospital cybersecurity went into effect this month.

New Jersey hospital to build new $50M ED: 4 things to know

North Bergen, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Palisades Medical Center, part of Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health, has kicked off construction on a new $50 million emergency department.