A wave of health systems has moved to launch or expand hospital-at-home programs in 2026, buoyed by a federal reimbursement extension that has given organizations the financial footing to invest in the care model. After the federal government extended the…
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It took less than a week at the start of 2026 for three of the world’s largest technology companies to each announce dedicated health AI products. The rush has not slowed since. OpenAI, Anthropic and Amazon all debuted consumer and…
By 2036, healthcare IT will likely be unlike anything we see today — not because of a single breakthrough technology, but because of how deeply digital tools are embedded into care delivery. Across health systems, chief medical and nursing informatics…
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to go live April 11 with its new Oracle Health EHR at four medical centers in Michigan, The Detroit News reported April 10. The sites will be Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Detroit and…
Cleveland Clinic has partnered with automation startup Luminai to reduce administrative burden and allow caregivers to focus more on patients, Forbes reported. Their first use case will focus on streamlining referrals, which often still arrive via fax, according to the…
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New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System is debuting a digital technology to assist eye surgeons during glaucoma and other ophthalmic procedures. The tool was developed by Sean Ianchulev, MD, director of ophthalmic innovation and technology at New York Eye…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on April 9 announced the first rollout of tools aimed at building a modern digital health ecosystem, marking an early step in the agency’s push to modernize how patients access and share healthcare…
The FDA is challenging health tech innovators to design medical devices that can support patients in the home after a hospital stay to prevent readmissions. The READI-Home (aka Reducing Readmissions through Device Innovation for the Home) Innovation Challenge launched April…
Cleveland Clinic has named three startup companies to its latest Quantum Innovation Catalyzer Program cohort to support research into how quantum computing could advance healthcare and life sciences. The program selected EntangleBio, Polaris Quantum Biotech and Singularity Quantum from a…
Telehealth nurses and virtual nurses are the top two roles chief nursing officers are looking to fill in 2026, Wolters Kluwer reported. The survey of 150 hospital and health system leaders defined telehealth nurses as providing clinical and real-time audio/video…