Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare patients are among approximately 22,500 individuals whose information was accessed after an unauthorized third party gained entry to payment accounts on Connecticut’s Medicaid provider portal. The incident involved the HUSKY Medicaid provider portal, which is administered by…

K Health is partnering with Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania Health System to roll out AI tools across the health system’s EHR platforms, with an initial focus on virtual urgent care and plans to expand into primary and specialty care. The…

A proposed class-action lawsuit filed against Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital alleges the health system disclosed patients’ protected health information to Google and other third parties through tracking technologies embedded on its website. The lawsuit, filed May 20 in the U.S.…

Mount Sinai Health System is estimating that it will see a $50 million bottom-line impact from its AI portfolio this year, reporting more than a 3-to-1 return on investment as the health system scales the technology across clinical and operational…

The Silent Ransom Group has been posing as IT employees to gain access to organizations’ devices and networks, targeting industries including healthcare, the FBI warned. The threat actors, who have been active since at least 2022 and don’t use encryption,…

Interoperability has been a priority in healthcare for decades, but for many organizations, the journey remains unfinished. In a webinar hosted by Becker’s Healthcare and featuring leaders from across the industry, panelists examined the persistent gaps in data exchange and…

Some AI solutions could create new costs or burdens for nurses even if the tools appear efficient on paper, according to researchers at Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania. To successfully attain AI benefits for nurses including reduced paperwork and improved patient…

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health has cut care gap chart review in half with Microsoft’s Fabric data platform. Here are five things to know from a May 26 Microsoft news release: 1. The 20-hospital system deployed an AI framework called…

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health plans to go live with Epic on May 30. The health system, which has over 40 hospitals across South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and North Dakota, said in July 2024 it was installing the new…

The state of Utah has analyzed the results of the first four months of a pilot program allowing AI to renew prescriptions. Here are six updates about the program, a partnership between the Utah Department of Commerce’s Office of AI…