rural hospitals

In a panel discussion, IT professionals and health system executives discussed the challenges of implementing AI across diverse healthcare settings.

AI helps reduce time spent in chart search, review and prep enabling end users to see a quick AI generated summary highlighting the most important things that need to be addressed, says Lori Walker, Presbyterian Healthcare Services' CMIO.  

The cost burden is lowered when rural hospitals share their EHR because the host can bear the cost of things such as  infrastructure, security and staffing, says David Winn, vice president for Parkview Community Connect at Parkview Health.

At a Senate confirmation hearing, Kennedy said using AI and telemedicine in rural hospitals will be a priority if he is confirmed as the head of Health and Human Services.