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Technical barriers, workforce limitation, privacy concerns and cost may all contribute to lower rates of electronic exchange of health information by mental health and substance abuse treatment facilities, a new analysis shows.

"Health systems are investing greatly in innovative digital and AI technologies, but the gap between what technology can do and what clinicians actually use is where value is won or lost," says Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's Jeremy Meller.

The new federal electronic health records system went live at facilities in Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Detroit and Saginaw. The Department of Veterans Affairs also says it is staffing up to support implementations of the long-beleaguered Oracle Health EHR.

Researchers from Mass General Brigham and UCSF found that clinicians who make use of ambient documentation tools for more than half of patient encounters see the most benefits in documentation efficiency, a new JAMA study shows.

By moving chronic care management from occasional visits to daily RPM, the Michigan health system has significantly improved outcomes for diabetes, heart failure and hypertension patients. Its physician head of primary health describes those and other benefits.

A busy and productive week in Las Vegas has demonstrated how health systems are "focusing on practical implementation," with "governance and trust finally being treated as design requirements" for successful artificial intelligence deployments.

The state's Rural Health Transformation Program initiative seeks to balance federal funding changes with telehealth, artificial intelligence and workforce initiatives.

Dr. Bill Fera, principal at Deloitte, highlights the importance of human oversight in healthcare AI and shares his insights on the next big innovations in the sector.

A government-backed initiative has recently collected over a million biospecimens and ultrasound images from 12,000 pregnant persons in India to develop pregnancy AI solutions.

The challenge is not in using artificial intelligence but ensuring the technology is implemented responsibly, in ways that truly benefit patients and providers, says Darrell Bodnar of North Country Healthcare.