Health IT news and digital transformation trends

A Maryland man has been charged with digitally snooping on his coworkers while working for a Maryland health system. Matthew Bathula, 41, of Clarksville, Md., faces two counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer and one count of aggravated…

Two men convicted of committing ransomware attacks while working for cybersecurity firms each have been sentenced to four years in prison. Ryan Goldberg, 40, of Georgia, and Kevin Martin, 36, of Texas, were sentenced April 30 after each pleading guilty…

As health systems look to ease documentation burdens and return clinicians’ focus to the bedside, Baton Rouge, La.-based FMOL Health is rapidly scaling Epic’s ambient AI charting tool after an early pilot showed strong clinician buy-in. The health system is…

Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston is launching new AI-enabled remote care services through a partnership with Cadence to support patients with chronic conditions. The health system plans to roll out remote patient monitoring and advanced primary care management programs…

Cleveland Clinic is looking to expand a program designed to share its clinical and operational expertise with hospitals and health systems globally without taking ownership or control of those organizations. Here are eight things to know about the program: As…

A March cyberattack constrained growth and caused margin pressures for medtech firm Stryker, but leaders still expect the company to meet financial projections by the end of the year, according to an April 30 earnings call. Stryker had to pause…

Michigan Medicine is notifying about 551 patients of a privacy incident involving unauthorized access to medical information through a national health information exchange after its EHR vendor Epic flagged unusual activity. The Ann Arbor-based academic medical center said it was…

Aetna President Steve Nelson has been appointed to the board of directors for data analytics company Health Catalyst.  Mr. Nelson’s appointment, effective May 1, comes after Ben Albert was named CEO and Justin Spencer was named board chairman earlier this…

The US. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and other federal agencies have released a joint guide for applying zero-trust principles to operational technology systems, the American Hospital Association reported April 30. In health care, operational technology environments include tools that…

An AI model from OpenAI outperformed human physicians on emergency department diagnoses, a new study found. Researchers compared the o1 model to two human physicians using 76 emergency cases at Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The AI identified the…