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April 21, 2025, Issue #305

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Digital Health in the News

Hackensack Meridian Chief AI Officer on the intersection of business and technology

The CAIO should not just understand both of those disciplines, but intuit what AI is good and bad, what's scalable and whether it's the right fit, says Sameer Sethi, the New Jersey health system's chief AI and insights officer. Healthcare IT News

 

CHS selling majority stake in Texas hospital to Ascension for $460M

Community Health Systems (CHS) is selling its 80% stake in a Texas hospital to Ascension Health for $460 million. FIERCE Healthcare

How health systems are tackling the rise of ‘shadow AI’

Shadow AI—the use of unauthorized or unmonitored AI tools within organizations—is an escalating concern, particularly in sectors like healthcare where data privacy and compliance are critical. Becker’s Health IT

Swapping LLMs isn’t plug-and-play: Inside the hidden cost of model migration

each model interprets and responds to prompts differently, making the transition anything but seamless. Venture Beat

 

This Week in The Big Unlock Podcast

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Ambient Tech Eases Documentation, Restoring Joy by Letting Clinicians Focus on Patients

In this episode, Angelo Milazzo, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer at Duke Health Integrated Practice, discusses the implementation of AI technology in healthcare, focusing on its potential to improve clinical documentation and patient communication.

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Insights and Research

The 2025 AI Index Report

AI’s influence on society has never been more pronounced. Stanford University

 

Penn Medicine’s transformation playbook

Healthcare organizations are increasingly seeking scalable solutions that improve access, boost efficiency and support workforce well-being. At Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine, two such initiatives are reshaping care delivery: hospital-at-home and ambient AI documentation. Becker’s Health IT

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Chart of The Week

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Source: Stanford University AI Index Report 2025

Damo Thought Leadership and Media Mentions

NEW! The Human Side of AI: Transforming Healthcare Responsibly

From reshaping care delivery through AI to balancing innovation with human-centered design, Dwight offers a forward-thinking perspective on the opportunities and responsibilities of healthcare technology leaders today.

White paper: The Silent Barrier to AI in Healthcare is Data Infrastructure: A BigRio Perspective

It outlines a blueprint for healthcare CxOs to design, fund, and govern an AI-ready data architecture, one that delivers not only compliance, but also clinical and financial ROI. BigRio White Paper

White paper: Unlocking the Potential of Data Integration in Digital Health

This white paper explores the critical concepts, standards, and technologies shaping healthcare data integration. BigRio White Paper

Transforming Patient Experience: Standardizing and Optimizing Contact Centers at a Large Health System

Sentara Health, a leading not-for-profit healthcare system, faced challenges with fragmented patient experiences across 13 contact centers. Partnering with Damo, Sentara centralized scheduling through the Clinical Access Center and unified contact centers under a comprehensive strategy. The collaboration improved cross-functional collaboration, standardized operations, and enhanced patient care, establishing a seamless, high-quality experience. Damo Case Study

Books Corner

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Other Stuff We’re Reading

Will AI Disrupt Your Business? Key Questions to Ask

How AI will affect individual businesses will vary widely. A diagnostic framework can help you identify its potential impacts and navigate disruption strategically. MIT Sloan Review

Digital Health Funding and M&A

hellocare.ai scores $47M for AI-enabled virtual care for smart hospitals

The hospital-focused telehealth and virtual care delivery company, which currently works with more than 70 health systems, will use the funds to scale its reach. mobihealthnews

 

Leidos, University of Pittsburgh spend $10M for AI disease detection

The partnership will focus on building AI tools that accelerate heart disease and cancer detection with the aim of reducing diagnostic turnaround times. mobihealthnews

Jobs Corner

Senior Bioinformatics QA Engineer

The candidate will be responsible for ensuring the quality, accuracy, and performance of bioinformatics pipelines used in genomic data analysis.

Director of Healthcare Technology & Engineering

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