Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Health systems typically spend years absorbing the cost and disruption of implementing EHRs. Now, a growing number of CIOs say the calculus is shifting — and the driver is AI. The EHR’s value is not primarily what it delivered in…

President Trump’s June 2 executive order to expand AI-enabled cybersecurity tools to rural hospitals could help narrow a longstanding imbalance in healthcare cybersecurity, according to two health system CIOs who say smaller organizations face the same threats as larger systems…

Health systems across the U.S. are diving deep into AI. They’re launching pilots and scaling the use cases with the best return on investment. They’re also purchasing enterprisewide AI accounts and encouraging their entire team to experiment and innovate with…

Amazon One Medical has opened a new primary care office at Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care in Elmsford, N.Y. The office expands the organizations’ partnership and is designed to provide coordinated access to primary and specialty care. According to a June…

Montgomery, Ala.-based Jackson Hospital detected “suspicious activity” June 8 in its computer network and has opened an investigation into the incident. The investigation, which involves third-party cybersecurity and digital forensic specialists, appears to be a limited event with no data…

At least 20 healthcare organizations have reported data breaches affecting 100,000 or more individuals to federal regulators so far in 2026, according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal. The 2026 breaches are already approaching last year’s totals.…

OpenEvidence, the AI-powered clinical reference app, has become one of the fastest-growing tools in American medicine, fielding 30 million questions last month alone, The New York Times reported June 8. Here are six things to know about OpenEvidence, according to…

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health opened a centralized capacity management center to coordinate patient flow, effectively adding 12 beds per day to system capacity, according to an Epic case study. The 27-hospital system launched the command center in January 2025, using…

While health system leaders told Becker’s they’re skeptical of the Trump administration’s push for AI physicians, they are in favor of using the technology to increase access. HHS healthcare AI adviser Amy Gleason, who also leads the Department of Government…

The Department of Veterans Affairs rolled out its federal EHR system, Oracle Health, to four additional facilities in Ohio and Kentucky, marking the agency’s second wave of deployments in 2026. Here are three things to know about the rollout: The…