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American Heart Association Backs Auxira Health to Alleviate Cardiologist Burnout

The American Heart Association’s venture arm invested in Auxira Health, a startup that embeds virtual clinical teams into cardiology practices to reduce physician burnout and expand patient access. By handling routine tasks like follow-up visits and medication refills, Auxira gives cardiologists the opportunity to focus on complex care without adding full-time staff.

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Virtual Nursing Saves Hospitals Money on Turnover Costs, Ardent Health CMO Says

Ardent Health is deploying virtual nurse technology to ease workflow burdens on bedside nurses by offloading routine tasks — and its nurse turnover rate has dropped from 15.5% to 9.5%. The health system is also using virtual specialty consults to enhance care in rural hospitals, cutting unnecessary transfers by 85% and enabling more patients to receive quality care close to home.

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How One Health System Drove Revenue Gains with Ambient Listening

Riverside Health is reporting an increase in revenue and net margins as a result of adopting Abridge’s ambient AI technology. The tool listens to doctor-patient interactions and generates clinical notes — which not only alleviates physicians’ burnout, but also improves their documentation accuracy. The Virginia-based health system saw a 14% increase in HCC diagnoses documented per encounter.

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Why Sentara Health Invested $11M Into iPhones for Nurses 

Sentara Health invested $11 million into smartphones for its nurses, equipping them with HIPAA-compliant devices to streamline communication, increase time at the bedside and improve patient outcomes. The program has been going on for a little more than a year — and Amy Rosa, the health system’s chief nursing informatics officer, says the initiative is already resulting in increased efficiency, documentation accuracy and patient safety.