Looking at 2025 Trends for AI In Healthcare
The coming year will see increased interest in healthcare organizations developing long-term AI strategies, optimizing workflows, managing risks, and ensuring responsible use of technology.
Virtual Care: Helping Through Winter Surges and Beyond
Virtual care seems poised to stay and may be an opportunity to deal with not just urgent care issues and surges in healthcare needs, but also managing chronic conditions, annual wellness visits, or alternatives for patients with travel or transportation issues to brick-and-mortar healthcare centers.
In Healthcare Innovation, Collaboration Is All the Rage
Just a few months back, Providence, Novant Health, Baylor Scott & White Health and the Memorial Hermann Health System announced the launch of Longitude Health, with the three-pronged goal of transforming business models, improving health system performance and empowering healthier futures.
4 Cybersecurity Trends CEOs Followed in 2024
Here are four cybersecurity trends HealthLeaders highlighted this year that grabbed the attention of CEOs.
Healthcare Leaders Must Focus on Safety to Stabilize their Workforce
The connection between workplace violence and patient care is often overlooked, but the truth is that workplace safety directly impacts patient care.
Can the Last Mile Delivery Movement Make Services More Accessible to an Aging Population?
The “last mile delivery” movement in healthcare seeks to bridge the gap between healthcare facilities and their clients by situating medical buildings strategically near residential areas.
Reducing Costs and Length of Stay Through Tech Efficiencies
Over the past two years, St. Luke’s University Health Network has been utilizing AI and data to reduce length of stay, improve operational efficiency in how patients are transferred to post-acute care facilities, and reduce operational costs.
What Happened to the Nursing Workforce?
Today, workforce growth and development are still the greatest challenges facing nurse leaders everywhere, and the old strategies are no longer working. Even though many are working on creative fixes, health systems are still in dire need of solutions that improve both recruitment and retention.
Understanding Desired Outcomes and Goals Is Crucial in AI Adoption
Health systems and hospitals also must have appropriate AI governance, so that they not only are evaluating AI when it is adopted but also reviewing how AI models are functioning.
What Happens When Nurses Are Misclassified as Independent Contractors?
While navigating recruitment and staffing challenges, it’s important to look at how nurses will be brought on and integrated into the workforce. Part of this process involves making sure nurses fall under the proper worker classification, and ensuring that the hospital or health system remains in compliance with legal requirements for classification.