Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Medtronic has reported an unauthorized party accessed data in certain corporate IT systems. The company said it has not identified any impact to its products, patient safety, customer connections, manufacturing and distribution operations, financial reporting systems or its ability to…

Healthcare AI has not been widely evaluated for clinical benefits, leaving a dearth of information on whether the technology actually improves patient outcomes, a Nature Medicine correspondence argues. Much of the existing literature focuses on algorithmic performance in retrospective or…

Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Cottage Health is taking a more structured approach to innovation with the addition of a chief innovation officer role designed to turn frontline ideas into measurable results. Ryan Kelly, PhD, was named to the position in February…

Saint Francis Health System, based in Tulsa, Okla., is working to build a pipeline of information technology talent through direct engagement with students at Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. Five IT managers from the health system met with OSUIT…

Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner cautions that AI can be manipulated, so the healthcare industry should studiously monitor its evolution. “Lots of things have been gamed lately. Capitalism has been gamed. Government has been gamed. I think AI we…

With an estimated 140,000 health AI companies competing for health system attention, the challenge for executives is no longer whether to adopt AI but how to evaluate which platforms will deliver at scale. During a featured session at Becker’s 16th…

With the proliferation of AI and other technology vendors, health systems are applying a fresh level of scrutiny to IT solutions to ensure they’re actually solving the intended problems — and that their organizations can’t do the same thing themselves,…

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is calling on HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to overhaul CMS’ new AI-driven prior authorization program for traditional Medicare, citing delays in care and increased burdens on patients and providers. In an April 27 letter…

Technology and efficiency are moving at a faster pace than ever before, and in healthcare IT, that means an emerging need for IT teams to be at the forefront of system assessment and implementation. Your team should be actively partnering…

Epic Systems was named to Time’s list of the most influential health and life sciences companies of 2026. The ranking, released April 27, is part of Time’s expanded TIME100 Companies franchise, which now includes sector-specific lists highlighting organizations shaping their…