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OSF HealthCare Reduces Rates of Depression and Anxiety by Over 50% Using the Amwell® Platform

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
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Today, one in every four U.S. adults lives with a mental health condition, yet more than half receive no treatment,” said Ken Cahill, chief behavioral health officer at Amwell.

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  • Today, one in every four U.S. adults lives with a mental health condition, yet more than half receive no treatment,” said Ken Cahill, chief behavioral health officer at Amwell.
  • In 2018, OSF HealthCare implemented SilverCloud by Amwell, a global, digital mental health platform that provides 24/7 access to digital services for people who have mild to moderate symptoms of stress, depression and anxiety.
  • Most recently, OSF Healthcare extended its use of SilverCloud by Amwell platform through a technology partnership with Illinois State University.
  • This partnership will establish OSF as the sole medical provider for student-athletes and offer access to virtual mental health care via the digital program.

OSF HealthCare Increasing Access to Innovative Patient Care with Artificial Intelligence Diagnostic System

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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CORALVILLE, Iowa, Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Diagnostics, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) diagnostic healthcare company's flagship product, LumineticsCore™ (formerly IDx-DR), is increasing access to innovative care at OSF HealthCare for people living with diabetes. LumineticsCore is an FDA cleared, autonomous AI platform to detect diabetic retinopathy during a patient visit by analyzing retinal images for signs of disease without the need for a specialist to interpret the images.

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  • CORALVILLE, Iowa, Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Diagnostics, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) diagnostic healthcare company's flagship product, LumineticsCore™ (formerly IDx-DR ), is increasing access to innovative care at OSF HealthCare for people living with diabetes.
  • OSF HealthCare initially launched LumineticsCore at eight sites, which have been operating for a full year.
  • Using LumineticsCore, OSF HealthCare has been able to inform 25% of nearly 1,500 patients with diabetes, that they tested positive for diabetic retinopathy (DR).
  • "Offering LumineticsCore to patients in a setting where they are already comfortable, coupled with the high-quality care offered at OSF, furthers our organizations' collective goal of improving patient outcomes."

OSF Digital Launches AllAi: An AI-Powered Productivity Platform for Developer Support, Delivering Exceptional Results after Years of Internal Implementation

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023
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QUEBEC CITY, Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - OSF Digital , an award-winning provider of digital transformation services to companies worldwide, today announced the launch of AllAi, a patent-pending AI productivity platform built on OpenAI.

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  • QUEBEC CITY, Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - OSF Digital , an award-winning provider of digital transformation services to companies worldwide, today announced the launch of AllAi, a patent-pending AI productivity platform built on OpenAI.
  • The AllAi Productivity Platform offers a suite of capabilities to support developers with tasks and processes within Salesforce.
  • AllAi has been utilized by OSF Digital for over two years as an internal productivity tool.
  • "OSF Digital developed the AllAi Productivity platform to deliver higher-quality projects faster while ensuring data security and reducing risks for our clients," said Gerard Szatvanyi, CEO of OSF Digital.

OSF Innovation develops AI mortality predictor to help identify those who may benefit most from end-of-life care discussions

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Thursday, August 31, 2023
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Health care professionals need that information to ensure that every patient receives their desired end-of-life care.

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  • Health care professionals need that information to ensure that every patient receives their desired end-of-life care.
  • To meet this need, OSF Innovation researchers developed a new AI model to predict death in the 5-90 days after the start of an inpatient admission.
  • Going forward, the team hopes to analyze to what extent the mortality predictions actually prompted care teams to initiate end-of-life planning discussions.
  • OSF Innovation is a collaborative network of different disciplines that designs bold, strategic solutions to advance the future of health care.

OSF transforms frontline education with Elemeno Health's mobile-friendly microlearning solution

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Thursday, August 24, 2023
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PEORIA, Ill. and OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OSF HealthCare announced it is expanding use of the Elemeno Health just-in-time microlearning solution as a foundational element in its transformation of clinical learning. OSF Innovation piloted the Elemeno best practices nursing platform last year and has decided to implement it among its 15 hospitals and within ambulatory, hospice, and home care settings.

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  • PEORIA, Ill. and OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OSF HealthCare announced it is expanding use of the Elemeno Health just-in-time microlearning solution as a foundational element in its transformation of clinical learning.
  • "We are transforming education at OSF to meet Mission Partners (employees) where they want to be, and Elemeno is a key technology to accomplish these goals," Wiegand added.
  • "The success of frontline staff is dependent upon the support of their leaders," said Dr. Arup Roy-Burman, Founder and CEO of Elemeno Health.
  • Elemeno Health provides a cloud-based solution that helps healthcare systems empower frontline staff with customized microlearning specific to each team's workflows, locations, and supplies.

Researchers developing mixed-reality training to combat opioid overdose deaths

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023
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The American Medical Association says more than 105,000 opioid overdose deaths were reported in the United States between December 2021 and December 2022.

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  • The American Medical Association says more than 105,000 opioid overdose deaths were reported in the United States between December 2021 and December 2022.
  • Federal health officials blame the steep increase in opioid overdose deaths, in part, to the rapid growth of highly potent and often deadly fentanyl that can be added to look-alike opioid drugs.
  • The surgeon general recommends more individuals, including family, friends and those personally at risk for opioid overdose, keep on hand and know how to use naloxone, a safe antidote to a suspected overdose.
  • It includes researchers at Illinois State University (ISU) in Normal and Southern Illinois University (SIU) in Carbondale, Illinois.

New pulmonary valve benefits quality, length of life

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023
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The FDA-approved valve consists of a catheter-based stent (called Alterra), an artificial heart valve (SAPIEN 3) and the opportunity to implant the stent and valve without the need for open-heart surgery.

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  • The FDA-approved valve consists of a catheter-based stent (called Alterra), an artificial heart valve (SAPIEN 3) and the opportunity to implant the stent and valve without the need for open-heart surgery.
  • She says this new technology will expand peoples' lives and enhance their quality of life.
  • This current pulmonary valve that is in place allows you to be ready for another less-invasive procedure when the time comes.
  • Dr. Patel and her team administered four pulmonary valves in patients this spring, with two more procedures planned in August.

Beating hearts pump up virtual reality for pre-surgery planning

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Monday, July 24, 2023
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Researchers at Peoria, Illinois-based OSF HealthCare and Bradley University believe they can make this vision a reality.

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  • Researchers at Peoria, Illinois-based OSF HealthCare and Bradley University believe they can make this vision a reality.
  • This change in shape becomes a problem when the muscle of the heart grows abnormally and obstructs its own ability to pump blood out of the heart.
  • Within a year, this project aims to automate, through machine learned algorithms, the conversion of cardiac CTs into virtual reality.
  • The 4D view will enable surgeons to see the beating hearts specific to individual patients.

OSF HealthCare and Abundant Health Acquisition (aha!) announce partnership to streamline access to care

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Thursday, July 13, 2023
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PEORIA, Ill., July 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OSF HealthCare and Abundant Health Acquisition (aha!)

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  • PEORIA, Ill., July 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OSF HealthCare and Abundant Health Acquisition (aha!)
  • This partnership extends the OSF HealthCare and aha!
  • OSF HealthCare has 15 hospitals – 10 acute care, five critical access - with 2,084 licensed beds throughout Illinois and Michigan.
  • OSF Innovation is a collaborative network of different disciplines that designs bold, strategic solutions to advance the future of health care.

Emergency department overcrowding: Can AI, predictive modeling and simulation fix it?

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Thursday, July 6, 2023
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PEORIA, Ill., July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- It seems almost everyone has a story about how long they had to wait to receive care in an emergency department due to overcrowding. In fact, research shows patient congestion is one of the main factors threatening efficiency, safety and quality of care.

Key Points: 
  • William Bond, MD, is an emergency department (ED) physician at OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois.
  • He also directs simulation research at Jump Simulation , a collaborative effort between OSF and the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria (UICOMP).
  • The project is called: STREAM-ED: Simulation to Refine, Enhance and Adapt Management of Emergency.
  • They'll also use data about physical resources and providers, including nurses and technicians who deliver assessments or care in different pods within the emergency department.