Past the Hype: Where AI Is Delivering Real ROI for Dental Groups
Dental groups are reporting measurable AI returns when the tools are tied to a specific workflow instead of adopted broadly. At Becker’s 5th Annual Future of Dentistry Roundtable,…
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VA Awards Abridge a Seat on $775.7M Enterprise Contract to Scale Ambient AI Scribes Nationwide
What did the VA just decide about ambient AI scribes? The Department of Veterans Affairs selected Abridge, alongside competitor Knowtex, for a new multi-award enterprise contract with a…
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Intermountain Wants AI to Handle 30% of Its 260K Monthly Patient Calls
How is Intermountain Health using AI to manage patient call volume? Its contact center fields about 260,000 calls a month across the 34-hospital system, 80% to 90% of…
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Inside PACT AI: Health Systems Push for Independent AI Verification Standards
Independent, third-party verification of healthcare AI is the gap PACT AI is built to close. Mount Sinai Health System and Denver Health have joined the Partnership for Assurance,…
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Epic’s Ergo Visit: AI That Redesigns the Outpatient Office Visit
Epic’s new Ergo Visit is an AI capability that redesigns the outpatient office visit, surfacing patterns across a patient’s record and guiding clinicians before, during, and after each…
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EHR Integration Overtakes Trust as the Top Barrier to Scaling Healthcare AI
EHR integration has overtaken trust as the No. 1 barrier to scaling AI in hospitals, cited by 44% of health-system leaders, according to survey findings reported by Healthcare…
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AI Adoption Outpaces Governance: 63% of Health Systems Lack a Mature AI Strategy
Health systems are deploying AI faster than they can govern it: more than 90% now use third-party AI tools, yet only 44% have a dedicated environment to test…
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Why AI ROI Stalls: The Case for Disciplined Decisions
AI initiatives often underdeliver because organizations never define which decisions AI should actually improve — a fixable focus problem, not a technology gap. Summit Partners’ Sharon Lin argues…
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Straine Consolidates Three Dental Companies Into One Integrated Management Brand
Straine, a 30-year dental management organization founded by Olivia and Kerry Straine, has unified its three operating entities — Straine Dental Consulting, Straine Dental Analytics, and Straine Dental…
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Commure Targets the 35–50% of Referrals That Never Convert
Between 35% and 50% of medical referrals never result in a completed specialist appointment, and those that do take 31 days on average — a gap Commure’s new…