Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham and Amazon One Medical continue to expand their collaboration. The two organizations plan to open an Amazon One Medical primary care office in Wellesley, Mass., according to a July 14 Swellesley Report story. The clinic…

Epic continues to institute AI capabilities into its EHR. Here are five things to know about AI at Epic, according to a July blog post from Seth Hain, senior vice president of research and development at Epic: 1. Generative AI…

More than 700 rural hospitals have joined Microsoft’s Cybersecurity for Rural Hospitals Program, an initiative aimed at helping small and often under-resourced hospitals strengthen their cyber defenses with free or low-cost tools and services. The program has seen steady growth…

Health system CIOs are seeing steady pay increases as their responsibilities broaden to include digital transformation, cybersecurity and AI strategy. In 2024, more than 20% of enterprise healthcare CIOs earned over $600,000 annually, while another 15% earned between $451,000 and…

Albemarle, N.C.-based Atrium Health Stanly plans to launch a virtual nursing program thanks to a $1.45 million grant. The grant is the largest of several funded through a $4 million gift to the Atrium Health Foundation from the Duke Endowment.…

Rural hospitals are bracing for Medicaid cuts that could affect their cybersecurity. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law July 4 by President Donald Trump, slashes Medicaid funding by nearly $1 trillion over the next decade. Healthcare leaders…

We’ve come a long way from when electronic health records (EHRs) were first built as billing systems. As we progress as an industry toward better usability, it’s clear that general best practice workflows have not reflected the daily realities of…

If hospital and health system CIOs had unlimited resources, where would they place their biggest technology bets? Becker’s asked several IT leaders: If you had a blank check to invest in one technology tomorrow, what would it be and why?…

An Idaho health system decided to stick with Meditech as its EHR vendor despite exploring other options. What Cottonwood- and Orofino-based St. Mary’s Health and Clearwater Valley Health knew was that they needed a new EHR — and quickly. The facilities…

Nearly 8,000 patients of Andover, Mass.-based Covenant Health were affected by a May data breach. The three-hospital system said it discovered unusual activity on its IT network May 26 and started working to restore its systems. An investigation determined that…