Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Lakes Regional Healthcare will implement an Epic EHR system May 30. The new platform will allow healthcare teams to more efficiently review medications, allergies, test results and care plans while helping reduce duplicate services and delays in communication, according to…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is reorganizing its Office for Civil Rights, restoring separate divisions focused on civil rights and conscience and religious freedom. The restructuring returns the office to a program-based model with three divisions: the…

Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health has launched a virtual primary care service aimed at improving access amid physician shortages and long wait times for appointments, according to a May 15 report from WRIC. The “Virtual Primary Care on Demand” platform began…

While Epic was the overall acute care hospital EHR market share leader in 2025, its competitors continued to lead in some categories, KLAS Research reported. Overall, among multispeciality acute care hospitals, Epic controlled 43.7% of the EHR market last year,…

A Rutgers-led study found hospitals that use third-party tracking pixels on their websites were significantly more likely to experience data breaches. Researchers at Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick analyzed 12 years of website data from 1,201 hospitals and found…

Denver Health is intentionally avoiding operating on the “bleeding edge of AI deployment,” Daniel Kortsch, MD, associate chief of AI and digital health for Denver Health, told Becker’s. “As a safety-net organization, we have to use our resources carefully. We…

Anthropic is quietly growing into one of the most influential — and most valuable — AI companies in the world. And while the startup has begun courting health system customers, its reach extends far beyond healthcare. Here are 12 things…

Renton, Wash.-based Providence is participating in a federally funded research initiative to develop an AI model designed to predict and manage mental health and substance use crises. The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health awarded the software company Ksana Health…

Inflation recently reached its highest level in three years, testing health systems’ already tight IT budgets. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ consumer price index increased to 3.8% in April, a peak the U.S. hasn’t hit since May 2023, with higher…

Holy Cross Medical Center plans to launch a new Meditech Expanse EHR system and patient portal June 1 across its hospital and clinic network. The transition is part of a multiyear project aimed at improving care coordination, communication and patient…