Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare and The Pennant Group are deepening their home-based care partnership in Connecticut and plan to transition the collaboration into a unified operating entity. The move builds on a partnership launched in May 2024 between Hartford HealthCare at…

Hyro, a healthcare AI agent startup, has appointed Sindhu Pandit, MD, as its first vice president of clinical product strategy. Dr. Pandit is a practicing physician at New Orleans-based Ochsner Health and a board-certified physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist. She…

Cleveland Clinic and IBM’s Discovery Accelerator has supported more than 50 biomedical research projects in its first five years, the organizations said June 15 at the third annual Cleveland Discovery and Innovation Forum. The 10-year partnership, launched in 2021, applies…

Karias Health has introduced Faith, an AI care companion built to help members understand and act on healthcare decisions in real time. Faith is embedded in the broader Karias platform and is designed to bridge gaps across the care process,…

Health systems should direct AI investment toward implementation science, not new tool development, Sanjiv Shah, MD, director of research at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, said on Becker’s “Cardiology + Heart Surgery Podcast.” “We already have an abundance of…

Telehealth utilization rose 10.1% in the first quarter of 2026, with mental health conditions remaining the top telehealth diagnosis across every age group and region. FAIR Health on June 15 released first-quarter telehealth data and launched a new Quarterly Telehealth…

For decades, healthcare operations have been organized around a simple reality: the EHR is the source of truth. Scheduling systems, referral platforms, patient engagement tools, analytics dashboards, and the broader healthcare technology stack were built around that foundation, helping organizations…

As health systems expand their use of AI, some are creating new roles focused on governance, architecture and operations, while others are embedding AI responsibilities into existing teams. The shift is reaching the C-suite. Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth named Rob…

Virtual nursing for hospital discharge was associated with sharply lower 30-day emergency department readmissions across nine hospitals in a major Southeastern U.S. health system, according to a study published in npj Digital Medicine. Researchers at the University of North Carolina…

A Ukrainian national who helped deploy Conti ransomware against more than 1,000 victims worldwide has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and faces up to 20 years in prison. According to a June 12 Justice Department news release,…