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CommonSpirit creates internal AI assistant

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has launched its own internal AI assistant, Insightli.

Heard at HIMSS '24: How 12 healthcare leaders use generative AI at work

Generative artificial intelligence was the talk of this week’s HIMSS 2024 conference in Orlando, Fla., with executives discussing their health systems’ plans for the technology.

Oracle Health 'not just an EHR company,' Seema Verma says

Even though Oracle Health is one of the largest EHR vendors in the world, the company does way more than that, its general manager says.

Ballad to raise starting nursing pay by up to 25%

Ballad Health is increasing pay rates for nursing staff at hospitals across the organization, a spokesperson for the Johnson City, Tenn.-based health system confirmed to Becker’s.

Cedars-Sinai-backed company aims to speed device recalls

A software company that went through Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai’s accelerator program is aiming to streamline the medical device recall process, Fast Company reported March 14.

How much money are hackers selling medical records for?

Medical records are selling for $60 on the dark web, CNBC reported March 15. 

Hospital CFOs choose optimism

Hospital CFOs are optimistic about the future despite clear challenges and continued high costs, according to a report from Strata Decision Technology.

Steps to correct immediate jeopardy at Mission have 'backslid,' nurses say

Regulators determined HCA Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., was no longer in immediate jeopardy Feb. 23, but some nurses at the hospital claim measures in place when surveyors were present have not been consistent. 

Cleveland Clinic to roll out supply tracker chatbot systemwide

For about a year, Cleveland Clinic has built and tested an AI-powered chatbot that generates answers on supply orders. Over the next three months, the technology will be launched to the system’s 7,000-some employees who regularly place orders. 

Pennsylvania hospital to close long-term care facility

Renovo, Pa.-based Bucktail Medical Center is closing its long-term care facility May 14.