healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders
healthsystemCIO – Strategies for Hospital IT Leaders
Anthony Guerra | Veteran Healthcare IT Journalist
Northeast Georgia’s Paravate Says Ambient AI for Nurses Doesn’t Need the Legacy Go-Live Process
52 minutes Posted Sep 2, 2026 at 11:00 am.
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Chris Paravate, EVP and chief digital and information officer at Northeast Georgia Health System, discusses the five-week rollout of Epic’s Chart with Art to nurses and patient care techs at five hospitals. He explains why a tool that fails safely earns a lighter implementation, how 88% adoption in 30 days replaced a business case for the AI shift-handoff summary, and where operations must set the standard for mandatory AI use.