This insight was featured in the February 20th, 2025 edition of the AI Catalyst Pulse.

AI Strategy Quick Hits

Noteworthy moves from peers to implement AI technologies

Catch up on health systems who have established new leadership roles for AI development:

• AdventHealth appoints Rob Purinton as its first Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer

• The University of Utah appoints its first-ever Chief of Artificial Intelligence Officer, Manish Parashar

• Providence CEO announces new leaders focused on responsible AI adoption and innovation

• Mount Sinai Health System’s new Chief Digital Officer discusses digital transformation plans

Here’s the latest on health system partnerships with AI developers:

• St. Luke’s Health System negotiates deal with Ambience Healthcare that is reportedly 10x less expensive than other market leaders

• Cedars-Sinai pilots AI-powered mobile app, Aiva Nurse Assistant, to help nurses reduce documentation burdens

• Sutter Health and GE Healthcare establish seven-year strategic partnership to enhance diagnostic imaging services

• UNC Health partners with Abridge after successful pilot with 100 clinicians

• AdventHealth partners with ParkourSC to enhance supply chain operations

• Mass General Brigham collaborated with IBM to develop an AI tool for predicting extreme heat events

• Mayo Clinic pilots VoiceCare AI to automate back-office processes

Other strategy quick hits:

• How Mayo Clinic Health System plans to enhance its AI initiatives

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center establishes an AI Patient and Family Advisory Group

• UPMC Enterprises develops Ahavi, a virtual environment for testing and refining AI models

Emerging Use Cases

New capabilities that indicate AI’s potential

Discover how AI technology is transforming mental health care:

• A new study on AI’s effectiveness in detecting suicide risk among patients in neurology clinics

• Healthcare professionals in Wisconsin explore AI in mental health care

AI-enabled technology continues to support early detection of conditions:

• Mass General Brigham is using LLMs to enhance cancer treatment

• Providence Saint Joseph Hospital and Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital adopt Ceribell for seizure detection

• Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center integrates two AI-powered technologies to enhance diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD)

• FDA grants breakthrough device designation to the Serial CTRS AI model for non-small cell lung cancer patients

Other emerging use cases:

• A Duke University Health System study found GPT-4 significantly improved patient comprehension of discharge summaries

• Vanderbilt Medical Laboratories transitions to digital pathways for tissue sample imaging

• How the emergence of ‘AI agents’ may impact healthcare operations

• Researchers experiment with AI’s effectiveness in the treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation

• Researchers propose using AI-cloned voices to help patients with chronic pain

• The University of Michigan is leading a project to develop AI-powered mobile clinics in rural areas

Market Moves

A round-up of AI company announcements and stories

• Rad AI completes a $60M Series C funding round

• Teladoc Health plans to acquire Catapult Health for $65M to enhance its virtual preventative care services

• Quibim, a startup focused on AI-driven medical imaging analysis, raises $50M

• Oscar Health builds on its AI use cases in response to its expanding membership

Policy Updates

Understanding the evolving AI regulatory and legislative landscape

• Vice President Vance pushes for AI deregulation

• Former FDA commissioner advocates for FDA to revert to its previous regulations regarding AI in clinical decision support software

• Judge allows AI-related lawsuit against UnitedHealth to proceed

• FDA releases draft guidance addressing the use of AI data in drug submissions

The News in Numbers

Data points that caught our eye

• 40% of health systems say their organizations have already experienced a significant-to-moderate return on their generative AI investments, according to a recent Deloitte survey

• 66% of US adults in a recent JAMA study reported low trust in their health care system to use AI responsibly

• 66% of surveyed physicians in a recent AMA study indicate that they currently use AI in their practices (up 28% from the previous year)