Covenant Health, based in Andover, Mass.-based, has sent additional data breach notification letters to patients after completing further analysis related to a cyberattack that occurred earlier in 2025. The health system mailed letters to affected patients, including Maine residents, on…

Muhammad Siddiqui, CIO of Reid Health, said one of his team’s most important initiatives in 2025 focused on reducing clinician burnout. The effort has returned two to three hours per day to physicians and reshaped how care is delivered. “We…

The healthcare landscape is at an inflection point, demanding a transformative approach to meet the escalating needs of aging and diverse populations. To do this, care delivery will lean heavily on intelligent, strategic evolution driven by advanced technology.  The imperative…

As health systems enter 2026, digital transformation is no longer measured by how many tools are deployed or how quickly they go live. With capital constrained and margins still under pressure, executive teams are becoming far more disciplined about how…

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has teamed up with Microsoft and the American Legion to create innovative digital health solutions for veterans. Here are five takeaways from a Dec. 28 VA news release: 1. The organizations held the Veterans…

In looking to 2026, the main trend in healthcare is how AI and connected systems will continue to transform all aspects of operations, including workforce management and supply chains. In a November Becker’s Healthcare webinar sponsored by Infor, Adam Luff,…

A hacker sought to reroute payment funds at Yonkers, N.Y.-based St. John’s Riverside Hospital before the facility detected the incident. In September, the unauthorized party accessed a small number of employee email accounts to send phishing emails for the theft…

A federal court has accepted the guilty pleas of two men accused of committing healthcare ransomware attacks while working as cybersecurity professionals. Ryan Clifford Goldberg and Kevin Tyler Martin pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of…

At least two states plan to use funds from CMS’ $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program to expand hospital at home. Massachusetts and Rhode Island both say that growing acute hospital care at home in rural areas will be a…

Physicians at hospital-owned practices are more likely to take advantage of telehealth than their peers in private practice, the American Medical Association found. Here are four figures from the Dec. 29 article: 1. At hospital-owned practices, 79.7% of physicians use…