Nine artificial intelligence companies will be mentored by Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic as part of its new accelerator class.

From artificial intelligence writing patient portal messages for physicians to "hospital rooms of the future" equipped with voice assistants and video-based care, there are a lot of cool things in healthcare nowadays. But which are actually making a difference in the lives of patients and healthcare workers?

Forward-thinking, courageous, risk-takers—these are just a few of the many words that aptly describe our Innovation honorees.

Chief medical officers are tasked with ensuring that patients receive the safest and most effective care possible. They act as liaisons between physicians and administrative staff at their hospitals and health systems and provide unique clinical perspectives to the executive team.

Health system digital leaders largely agree with the results of a recent Becker's poll that found predictive analytics is the technology that holds the most promise for healthcare.

Twelve national and international health tech startups graduated as the third cohort of the Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate.

Pay attention to the media coverage around artificial intelligence, and it’s easy to get the sense that technologies such as chatbots pose an “existential crisis” to everything from the economy to democracy.

The best use for generative A.I. in health care, doctors say, is to ease the heavy burden of documentation that takes them hours a day and contributes to burnout.

Health care companies are racing to incorporate generative AI tools into their product pipelines and IT systems after the technology displayed an ability to perform many tasks faster, cheaper — and sometimes better — than humans.

As healthcare information exchanges sought to solve EHR interoperability issues, John Halamka, MD, president of the Mayo Clinic Platform, said they haven't worked due to their lack of business model, Computer World reported May 22.

Closing the "evidence gap" to allow providers to deliver more informed care will require better coordination between physicians and data scientists with access to years of patient records, data leaders from Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care and Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic wrote May 17 in Harvard Business Review.

In dealing with many cases, doctors lack comparative real-time evidence and are forced to make decisions in spite of unknown variables that can dramatically alter outcomes.