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A George Mason University expert in nurse burnout also dives into how nurse work scheduling can provide flexibility and improve workforce management and how health IT can support workplace well-being.

The aim is to build an interconnected ecosystem of tools – AI-enabled video and analytics, two-way radio comms, mass notification technologies – to keep staff and patients safe at New York's largest health system.

The sale drew mixed reactions, with some U.S. states supporting it as a privacy measure and others objecting over legal and data concerns.

Artificial intelligence has elevated the quality and efficiency of documentation, improved the completeness of that documentation and reduced charting time significantly. AI has also enabled more attentive and personalized care.

The partnership will extend AI support to more healthcare professionals, including nurses and home care staff.  

This month, companies including Oracle, Medtronic, Atropos, Elation, LeanTaas, Palantir and more released artificial intelligence and virtual reality enhancements that offer health systems a menu of efficiency tools. 

"When we think of virtual care as an extension of a continuous relationship rather than a transaction, we unlock its true potential for the kids who need it most," says Dr. Patricia Hayes, chief medical officer at Imagine Pediatrics.

At the HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum in Brooklyn next month, keynote speaker Tom Lawry will offer some no-nonsense perspective on the steps health systems need to take to make the most of their artificial intelligence investments.

Amid funding cuts and thin financial margins, health systems can rely on AI to reveal millions in uncaptured revenue.

Broad access to artificial intelligence has quickly evolved a new arms race in which healthcare security teams should implement AI from the ground up in their platforms and processes – and hold vendors' "feet to the fire" – to keep up with threats.