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Using AI to Support Healthcare Amid a Mental Health Provider Shortage

July 12, 2023 - Healthcare provider shortages are nothing new, but recent shifts in care-seeking behaviors and rising demand for health services illustrate some of the unique challenges healthcare organizations face in addressing these shortages. A 2022 report from market research firm Trilliant Health demonstrates that the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to a mismatch in the supply of and demand for...


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TN Health System Strikes Partnership to Deploy AI-Driven Virtual Nursing

by Shania Kennedy

Tennessee-based Ardent Health Services and software company care.ai have announced a partnership to implement the company’s Virtual Nursing platform at Lovelace Medical Center, Ardent’s...

Artificial Intelligence Bests Clinicians in Flagging Prostate Cancer

by Jessica Kent

An artificial intelligence algorithm was able to identify prostate cancer from tissue slides significantly more accurately than expert pathologists and previous algorithms, according to a study...

Rural Health Disparities Linked to Socioeconomic Status, Care Access

by Jessica Kent

Higher rural mortality at the state level is strongly linked to socioeconomic status, patient care access, and lack of health insurance, indicating that changes in state and federal policies could...