For many chief medical information officers, technology investments are no longer framed solely as operational upgrades. Increasingly, they are being discussed in the context of clinician recruitment, retention and burnout mitigation. Becker’s asked CMIOs whether EHR platforms and newer AI…

A ransomware group is demanding money from Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center after a Feb. 19 cyberattack, a health system leader told SuperTalk Mississippi. After the hack, the health system took some of its IT systems offline to contain…

Fourteen clients have renewed their contracts with Altera Digital Health for its Sunrise EHR. The health systems that signed multiyear contracts for Sunrise include Phoenix Children’s, St. Mary’s, Ohio-based Grand Lake Health System and New Britain, Conn.-based Hospital for Special…

Health systems are already saving millions of dollars by consolidating their IT application portfolios, with some just getting started on the process, executives told Becker’s. Amid healthcare’s digital transformation, organizations adopted numerous point solutions. But now they’re reevaluating whether they’re…

Epic is rolling out disease outbreak alerts in spring 2026 to flag when conditions such as measles or salmonella increase above expected levels. The Health Alerts feature will include data down to individual counties, according to a Feb. 24 news…

Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth is rolling out Abridge’s AI scribe across the organization after a successful nine-month pilot. The health system trialed the solution with 250 providers in 2025, experiencing improvements in patient experience and clinician workflows, before expanding it to…

Indiana University Health in Indianapolis and Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital have filed separate lawsuits against Change Healthcare and its parent company, UnitedHealth Group, alleging the companies failed to safeguard data and maintain backup systems during the 2024 cyberattack, causing significant…

Dozens of hospitals have had their patient data compromised by a 2025 breach of Oracle Health’s legacy Cerner systems. Health systems continue to alert patients of the hack that occurred as early as Jan. 22, 2025. Oracle Health asked healthcare…

Oracle Health has launched a device validation program aimed at standardizing how medical devices connect to health systems and electronic health records. The company introduced the Oracle Health Device Validation Program in the U.S. on Feb. 25. The initiative is…

Telehealth is about five times less expensive than in-office care for common conditions that can be treated by both types of visits, according to a new study from Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine. The researchers analyzed over 160,000 visits — both virtual and in-person…