Leaders from Pittsburgh-based UPMC told Becker's it plans to transition to Epic because the EHR can position the health system for advances in digital health and artificial intelligence.

In relaying the departure of CEO Rosalind Brewer on Sept. 1, Walgreens said it was looking for a replacement with "deep healthcare experience."

Here are four hospitals and health systems dealing with cyberattacks Becker's has reported on since Aug. 5:

Hospital and health system CIOs told Becker's that healthcare organizations are hesitant to create a generative AI strategy due to technical, financial, regulatory and ethical considerations.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC physicians are using AI technology from Abridge during patient appointments and have stated that the platform is already about 95 percent accurate, ABC27 News reported Sept. 5. 

Madison, Wis.-based UW Health has renamed SwedishAmerican Medical Center-Belvidere (Ill.) to UW Health Belvidere Hospital as it continues to change the name of former SwedishAmerican clinics to its own brand, WTVO reported Sept. 6. 

HHS' Office for Civil Rights and the Federal Trade Commission have released the letters that were sent to 66 hospitals and health systems July 20 about the risks associated with pixel tracking technologies. 

Absci, a company using generative artificial intelligence in the drug discovery process, laid off 30 employees or about 15 percent of its staff, GeekWire reported Sept. 6.

Some former Canton, Mass.-based Meditech employees have migrated from the EHR vendor to CIO roles in nearby health systems.

Researchers from New Haven, Conn.-based Yale University have developed an algorithm that can predict patients' disease severity and hospital lengths of stay.

Private equity group Thoma Bravo has entered into an agreement to acquire EHR vendor NextGen Healthcare for about $1.61 billion in cash, MarketWatch reported Sept. 6.

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine has billed patients for fewer than 1 percent of MyChart messages since a new policy allowing charges for the patient portal interactions, the Baltimore Banner reported Sept. 6.

GE HealthCare and Boston-based Mass General Brigham developed an artificial intelligence algorithm to reduce administrative burden.

Oracle Cerner has been gaining smaller hospital clients, with some smaller hospitals in Alaska and California paying under $10 million to install the EHR software.

Orlando (Fla.) Health has rolled out virtual sitting at four hospitals, joining a growing list of health systems that are turning to the telehealth platform to prevent falls and other injuries.

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System has been using artificial intelligence to boost performance across its clinical and financial systems for years, but use of those tools is increasing at the Baton Rouge, La.-based organization.

As hospitals and health systems continue to invest in their artificial intelligence strategies, many have been teaming up with tech giants like Google and Microsoft to deploy healthcare AI tools that can alleviate their providers' burdens and optimize operations.

Morgan Stanley found that 94 percent of healthcare companies utilize artificial intelligence in some way and projected the average budget AI allocation to increase from 5.7 percent in 2022 to 10.5 percent in 2024.

Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health has partnered with DispatchHealth to deliver in-home urgent care through a program dubbed the Urgent Medical Care At-Home program. 

Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care's billing system and EHR was affected by a computer network shutdown after its IT security team found suspicious activity during routine monitoring, Detroit Free Press reported Sept. 5.