Digital innovation must bring down healthcare costs, the American Hospital Association’s incoming board chair said. EHRs added expenses and “didn’t connect our clinicians to the patients,” Marc Boom, MD, president and CEO of Houston Methodist, said during a Dec. 17…

The American Medical Association is revving up to help healthcare providers safely implement AI in 2026. AI “isn’t the future of the practice of medicine. This is happening now,” AMA CEO and Executive Vice President John Whyte, MD, said at a…

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has vetoed a bill that aimed to give people in the state more control over their health data. The New York Health Information Privacy Act would have extended HIPAA-like protections to consumer health data used…

Health systems continued to enlist Big Tech in their digital transformations in 2025, with new AI agents entering the healthcare workforce. Here are 10 partnerships that stood out from the past year: 1. Cleveland Clinic and Amazon One Medical expanded…

Health system IT departments keep their employees happy by providing mission-driven environments focused on innovation, executives told Becker’s. In fact, 13 health systems were named among the 100 best places to work in IT for 2026 by Computerworld on Dec.…

Artera.io, combining human and AI agent intelligence to fix patient communications, recently announced a $65 million growth investment and a major milestone of reaching $100 million in Contracted Annual Recurring Revenue (CARR) by the end of 2025. Healthcare organizations have…

New Brunswick, N.J.-based Saint Peter’s Healthcare System selected Epic as its partner for a new centralized EHR platform. The system said Epic will support improvements in patient care by enabling full access to an integrated record across all care settings,…

Artificial intelligence has quickly become a fixture in healthcare conversations, particularly around clinical documentation, workforce efficiency and patient safety. But for James Dover, president and CEO of Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health, the technology’s most underexplored opportunity may be at…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic performs among the most virtually planned surgeries in the world through its development of 3D modeling. The Anatomic Modeling Unit at Jacksonville-based Mayo Clinic in Florida uses 3D printing to support physician preparation in more than…

Looking ahead to 2026, Boston-based Athenahealth is preparing to roll out a reimagined EHR experience centered on AI, with a stated goal of reducing clinician and staff burden while improving revenue cycle performance beyond industry benchmarks. The company said it…