When a patient arrives in our emergency department with persistent hypotension, our team needs to quickly answer one question: will IV fluids help this patient, or will they cause harm? That question doesn’t wait for an ICU admission or a…

In June 2025, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a House panel he wanted every American using a wearable health device within four years, and said the agency was preparing “one of the biggest advertising campaigns in HHS history”…

From an AI agent that calls patients after discharge to one that resubmits denied claims on command, Epic used this year’s Users Group Meeting to show off dozens of features in various stages of rollout. The EHR giant detailed the…

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health has become the first health system in the U.S. to use Q-rounds, a real-time rounds coordination platform, in adult inpatient units and intensive care units. Novant Health first launched Q-rounds in its neonatal intensive care unit,…

Anthropic said it is expanding access to Claude Mythos 5, its most capable AI model, through new Claude Security scanning capabilities, partnerships with cybersecurity tool makers and a $35 million fund for open-source security work. Claude Security, now in public…

The Department of Veterans Affairs deployed its Oracle Health EHR at three VA hospitals in Indiana on Aug. 22. The go-live covered the Northern Indiana Health Care System’s facilities in Fort Wayne and Marion, and the Richard L. Roudebush VA…

Vandalia Health Mon Medical Center in Morgantown, W.Va., disclosed a phishing attack that exposed the personal information of 2,173 patients. The hospital, formerly known as Mon General and legally registered as Monongalia County General Hospital Co., filed the breach report…

Epic welcomed 11 new U.S. hospitals and health systems at its annual Users Group Meeting, held Aug. 17-20 in Verona, Wis. — a smaller haul than the 28 the company announced in 2025 and the 19 it disclosed in 2024.…

For four health systems, managing Epic means something closer to an ongoing relationship than a software contract — regular executive meetings, direct developer access, and, at times, weekend-long emergency support. That closeness matters because of Epic’s scale: the company accounts for 43.7%…

More than two years after General Catalyst first said it would take over Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health, 2026 has brought the health system its first permanent CEO since the deal closed and its first named roster of AI vendors meant…