Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health launched a systemwide Epic EHR platform May 30, consolidating 13 legacy EHRs into a single, unified system across all its facilities. The transition gives clinicians real-time access to patient data and ranks among the largest digital…

Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Hospital has introduced a pediatric AI innovation hub to translate the technology from concept to bedside use. The partnership with Blacksburg-based Virginia Tech will bring together pediatric clinicians, biomedical researchers and AI specialists to create advancements…

The American Telemedicine Association honored 11 health system leaders at its annual Leadership Awards in May in Orlando. The winners included, according to a June 2 news release: Leadership in Care Transformation Award Heather Meyers, Senior Director, Virtual Care and…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and Microsoft are collaborating to develop a frontier AI model purpose-built for healthcare. The model is designed to synthesize diverse clinical data to support earlier diagnoses, more personalized treatment decisions and improved patient outcomes, according to…

President Donald Trump on June 2 signed an executive order directing federal agencies to strengthen AI-enabled cybersecurity across government systems, expand protections for rural hospitals and critical infrastructure, and provide the federal government with access to the most advanced AI…

My mother is in long-term care. When I show up to work every day, I’m not working from theory. I know what it feels like to trust a facility with someone you love. And after more than 30 years in…

Health systems across the country are well past the pilot stage and deploying AI across clinical, operational and financial functions. Below are 50 examples of health systems using AI in 2026, as covered by Becker’s: Ambient AI and clinical documentation…

Mount Nittany Health has completed its Epic go-live after choosing an uncommon path for a smaller health system: implementing the EHR independently rather than through a larger health system’s Community Connect program. The State College, Pa.-based health system went live…

Anthropic is adding 150 new organizations to Project Glasswing, its program to find and fix security vulnerabilities in critical software. The expansion, announced June 2, grows a program that began in early April with about 50 partners using Claude Mythos…

The Cybersecurity Working Group of the Health Sector Coordinating Council has published a guide to help hospitals and health systems manage AI-related cyber threats. The report addresses a range of threats, from traditional, reactive, machine-learning tactics to agentic AI systems…