OpenEvidence outperformed Claude Opus 4.8, Gemini 3.1 Pro and GPT-5.5 on real-world clinical questions in a new physician-graded study, contradicting a June Nature Medicine paper that found general-purpose AI models beat specialized clinical tools. The study, posted June 27 as…

Is “chief information officer” still the right title for the job? Health systems have mostly been answering by adding words rather than swapping out the whole title: Digital, transformation and data are turning up in CIO nameplates at a growing…

A former ransomware negotiator has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for conspiring to extort healthcare and other companies using BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware. Angelo Martino, 41, worked as a ransomware negotiator for an incident response company where he was…

Technology services company UST is integrating Anthropic’s Claude into CarePath, a platform providers and payers use to run claims processing, care management and member services. Claude connects CarePath directly to underlying claims and care systems, turning fragmented health data into…

Healthcare organizations worldwide faced 410 ransomware attacks in the first half of 2026, up nearly 14% from the 360 attacks recorded in the second half of 2025, according to a July 9 report from Comparitech. Of the 410 attacks, 247…

Health systems spent years accumulating technology tools, layering point solutions on top of one another as digital transformation accelerated and vendor options multiplied. CIOs are now paying to carry the weight of that accumulation and many have decided it’s time…

Mountain View, Calif.-based El Camino Health implemented several AI applications that have revolutionized operations and clinical care in the last year. One of the most productive has been revolutionizing OR block utilization to fill the open spaces and help surgeons…

Meditech announced the death of Chief Business Development Officer Jim Merlin, who spent four decades with the electronic health record company. Mr. Merlin joined Meditech in 1986 as controller before serving as chief accounting officer from 2014 to 2022. He…

As Baptist Health Care prepares to transition to Epic, the Pensacola, Fla.-based health system is viewing the move as more than an EHR replacement. Instead, Vice President and CIO Kory Hudson told Becker’s the platform will be a key part…

Second-in-commands draw less notice, yet they are often the load-bearing figures on a leadership team.