Health IT news and digital transformation trends

No legacy systems. No inherited workarounds. No spreadsheets held together by institutional memory and a collective agreement to never ask why they still exist. Just a blank slate, a clear mission, and everything we know now about what healthcare administration…

Oracle is cutting thousands of jobs as the company shifts its investments to AI infrastructure, CNBC reported March 31. The software giant, which acquired EHR company Cerner in 2022 and dubbed it Oracle Health, started notifying workers of the reductions…

Colorectal cancer remains a formidable challenge in American healthcare, projected to claim over 55,000 lives in 20261. While early-stage detection boasts a survival rate exceeding 90 percent2, a significant barrier persists: nearly one-third of eligible adults remain unscreened3. Often, the…

Becker’s is proud to recognize the chief digital officers who are driving transformation in modern medicine. As technology reshapes how care is delivered, accessed and experienced, these executives are adopting new tools and fundamentally reimagining what healthcare can look like.…

Seven health systems have been named to Foundry’s CIO 100 list for 2026. The finalists, which will be honored in August, “demonstrate excellence in using technology to deliver outcomes such as operational efficiency, innovation, business value, and long-term competitiveness,” according…

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has become the first health system to go live with Epic’s Emmie, an AI chatbot for patients. Emmie answers patients’ health questions “within the privacy and context of their medical record,” according to a March 31…

Artificial intelligence can support, but should not replace, clinical decision-making,  ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices said in its latest annual ranking on patient safety concerns. In the report, “navigating the AI diagnostic dilemma” was named the No.…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is among the investors in a $525 million series G funding round for wearables company Whoop. The firm, which is now valued at $10.1 billion, said it has over 2.5 million members globally, is hiring for…

Mercy Hospital St. Louis is adding a noninvasive technology that directs sound waves to destroy liver tumors. The hospital is slated to become the first in Missouri and among the first 100 in the U.S. to use the Edison histotripsy…

The first wave of AI in health systems was ambient documentation — microphones in exam rooms, notes written by machines. That story has been told. The more interesting story is what’s coming next. Across health systems of every size and…