The U.S. Justice Department has charged a Russian national with facilitating ransomware attacks on hospitals and other organizations.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC Enterprises and Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health have signed on to a digital consortium with nine other health systems to develop and invest in new healthcare technologies.

Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health migrated its Epic EHR to the Microsoft cloud.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has launched the Sanford Virtual Care Center, a facility dedicated to advancing virtual care.

According to a Nov. 19 survey by Statista, healthcare leaders identified artificial intelligence as the most exciting technology in the industry.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Tenet Healthcare plans to launch Commure's ambient AI platform across its physician network.

UnitedHealth Group claims processing subsidiary Change Healthcare has restored its clearinghouse services and received $3.2 billion in loan repayments from providers following a February cyberattack.

Developments on X, formerly Twitter, have sparked interest and concern as users submit medical images like X-rays and MRIs to Grok, an AI chatbot introduced by Elon Musk, for potential diagnoses, The New York Times reported Nov. 18.

Here are 14 hospitals and health systems that have completed new EHR implementations in 2024:

Large language models can complete 50 simultaneous tasks and drive a seventeenfold cost reduction, but any additional tasks will cause performance deterioration, according to a study published Nov. 18 in Nature. 

Many health systems are focusing on digital innovation to boost the patient experience and lessen administrative work for clinicians.

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health is planning to launch an acute hospital at-home program and expand its remote patient monitoring program. 

A ransomware attack on Great Plains Regional Medical Center in Elk City, Okla., has compromised the personal information of 133,149 individuals.

Hospitals and health systems continue to roll out hospital-at-home programs to treat acute care patients in their homes.

Cybersecurity spending will likely continue to take over the IT budget in the coming year as threats become more sophisticated, according to a Nov. 13 report from Moody's.

A Pennsylvania judge approved a $65 million settlement between Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network and its patients caught in a 2023 ransomware attack, WHYY reported Nov. 15.

Allen Voskanian, MD, chief operating officer of Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, shared his perspective on the future of healthcare technology after attending Becker's Healthcare CEO/CFO Roundtable.

Health system CIOs told Becker's they are taking a wait-and-see approach before declaring whether Oracle's new EHR will transform the hospital IT landscape but are pleased with the increased competition.

President-elect Donald Trump has named Doug Collins to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, Politico reported Nov. 14. 

Epic, Meditech, and Oracle Health are advancing interoperability efforts, driving improved data sharing and connectivity in healthcare.