{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-21/st-lukes-health-system-hellocare-ai-virtual-care","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-21/st-lukes-health-system-hellocare-ai-virtual-care.md","title":"St. Luke's picks hellocare.ai for AI virtual care rollout","headline":"St. Luke's Health System selects hellocare.ai for enterprise AI virtual care in southern Idaho","description":"St. Luke's Health System selected hellocare.ai to deploy AI-assisted virtual nursing, telehealth and virtual sitting across its southern Idaho hospitals and inpatient facilities.","section":"Contracts & Customers","published_at":"2026-10-21T15:10:33+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-21T15:10:33+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["St. Luke's Health System selected hellocare.ai for an enterprise-wide AI-assisted virtual care deployment across its southern Idaho hospitals and inpatient facilities.","The deployment covers AI Assisted Virtual Nursing, Telehealth and AI Assisted Virtual Sitting modules.","St. Luke's Health System operates 8 hospitals and reported $1.18 billion in FY2025 total community benefit."],"companies":[{"name":"St. Luke's Health System","is_primary":true,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0029rs3/st-luke-s-health-system","website":"https://www.stlukesonline.org"},{"name":"hellocare","is_primary":false,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000046o/hellocare","website":"https://hellocare.ai"}],"source":{"publisher":"PR Newswire","title":"St. Luke's Health System Selects hellocare.ai for Enterprise AI Assisted Virtual Care Deployment in Southern Idaho","url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/st-lukes-health-system-selects-hellocareai-for-enterprise-ai-assisted-virtual-care-deployment-in-southern-idaho-302915028.html"},"other_sources":[],"tags":["Contracts & Customers","St. Luke's Health System","hellocare"],"body_markdown":"St. Luke's Health System has selected [hellocare.ai](https://hellocare.ai) for an enterprise-wide deployment of AI-assisted virtual care across its hospitals and inpatient facilities in southern Idaho, hellocare.ai said on October 21, 2026. The announcement was made by [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/st-lukes-health-system-selects-hellocareai-for-enterprise-ai-assisted-virtual-care-deployment-in-southern-idaho-302915028.html).\n\n## St. Luke's Deploys Virtual Nursing and Sitting Modules\n\n[St. Luke's Health System](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0029rs3/st-luke-s-health-system) is deploying AI Assisted Virtual Nursing and Telehealth and AI Assisted Virtual Sitting modules, along with advanced AI capabilities designed to improve patient safety, strengthen clinical workflows, and support care teams through intelligent automation and virtual collaboration technologies.\n\nThrough the [hellocare.ai](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000046o/hellocare) platform, St. Luke's will use AI-assisted patient observation, virtual nursing workflows, telehealth capabilities, and intelligent care coordination tools to support clinical operations and improve patient engagement across inpatient settings.\n\n\"Virtual care and AI assisted technologies are becoming essential components of modern healthcare delivery,\" said Reid Stephan, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at St. Luke's Health System. \"This addition to care supports St. Luke's ongoing commitment to using technology in ways that help caregivers, improve patient safety and support the delivery of high-quality care across our health system.\"\n\nElizabeth Steger, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive at St. Luke's Health System, said virtual nursing, virtual sitting, and AI-assisted workflows will help enhance patient monitoring, improve collaboration, and further reduce risks throughout a patient's care journey.\n\nLabinot Bytyqi, Founder and CEO of hellocare.ai, said the company is honored to support St. Luke's on the enterprise transformation initiative. hellocare.ai's platform combines enterprise virtual care delivery, AI-assisted patient monitoring, intelligent automation, and clinical communication tools into a single integrated infrastructure designed to scale across health systems.\n\n## St. Luke's Scale Across Idaho and Eastern Oregon\n\nSt. Luke's Health System is a not-for-profit, community-owned health system founded in 1902 that operates 8 hospitals across Idaho and Eastern Oregon, according to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data). Its medical centers are in Boise, Jerome, McCall, Meridian, Mountain Home, Nampa, Twin Falls, and Wood River, and its primary service area is Idaho and Eastern Oregon, with northern Nevada receiving some services through Air St. Luke's. The system reported $1.18 billion in FY2025 total community benefit across all facilities for the period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025.\n\n## St. Luke's Boise Campus Construction Milestone\n\nSt. Luke's Boise Campus Development project reached a construction milestone in 2026 on a new hospital tower and medical office plaza in Boise, the same records show. The system also partnered with Colorado Rapid Avalanche Deployment in 2026 to provide helicopter support for multi-day avalanche search and rescue training in Wood River Valley, training 24 avalanche dog teams from across the western United States.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}