Health IT news and digital transformation trends

OpenAI has launched a new advanced AI model, GPT-Rosalind, to support research into biology, drug discovery and translational medicine. The model is built to improve scientific workflows by helping researchers analyze literature, generate hypotheses, plan experiments and connect insights across…

Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network is saving nearly 200 hours a month and automatically resolving thousands of false cyber threats with a Microsoft security tool. To revamp its Security Operations Center and protect its more than 2.5 petabytes…

San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare has launched a clinical study to evaluate the use of spatial computing technology in cataract surgery. The study, titled “Evaluation of Head Mounted Spatial Computing and 3D Visualization in Ocular Microsurgery: A Feasibility and Safety Study,”…

Hospitals generate enormous volumes of clinical data every day — from bedside monitors and ventilators to laboratory systems and electronic health records. While this information is essential for understanding patient status, it is often dispersed across multiple systems, requiring clinicians…

New generative AI agents target different parts of the health system and patient journey — one for inpatient nursing and the other for what is oftentimes a fragmented mess of getting patients through systems’ front doors. Palo Alto, Calif.-based Hippocratic…

Signature Healthcare Brockton (Mass.) Hospital has lifted its “code black” status following a cybersecurity incident that began April 6. As of 8 a.m. April 15, the hospital’s emergency department was again receiving ambulances after continuing to serve walk-in patients during…

Many health systems are opting for a single EHR and enterprise resource planning system, relying on foundational enterprise platforms for much of their technology needs. This also means they’re consolidating and turning off IT applications, depending less on point-solution companies…

Schneck Medical Center in Seymour, Ind., has gone live with a Meditech Expanse EHR system. Four things to know: 1. The system replaces a legacy Meditech platform in place since 1998, according to an April 15 Meditech news release. The…

For the better part of two years, ambient AI companies have been moving beyond pilots and proving their value in healthcare by reducing documentation burden and giving physicians more face time with patients. The results have been significant and measurable.…

Health systems spend years and hundreds of millions of dollars implementing EHRs, yet two healthcare CIOs say a significant share of that investment remains untapped. More pressing, they argue, the gap between what EHRs can do and what organizations actually…