Health IT news and digital transformation trends

As health systems increasingly standardize on platforms like Epic and Workday, Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth took an aggressive approach: implementing both within months — without slowing operations. The six-hospital network pulled off the feat, going live with the enterprise resource planning…

UnitedHealthcare has launched Avery, a generative AI companion that helps members navigate healthcare services. Six things to know:  1. The AI assistant is designed to understand members’ benefits and help them better understand coverage details and care options before scheduling…

Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health called over 15,000 hypertension patients with conversational AI and cleared nearly 10% as having normal blood pressure, highlighting the technology’s potential to close care gaps, a leader told Becker’s. “We’re hoping that as we pursue this…

Los Angeles-based UCLA Health has appointed Katherine Andriole, PhD, as the first associate dean for health AI strategy and innovation at the David Geffen School of Medicine, effective March 26. Dr. Andriole, a professor of radiological sciences, was also named…

Most health system AI conversations are still focused on the first wave: which tools to adopt, which workflows to automate, which vendors to evaluate. Nasim Afsar, chief AI and analytics officer at City of Hope, is already thinking about the…

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals has launched a $2.75 million initiative to strengthen maternal-fetal care using PeriWatch Vigilance, an early warning and clinical decision support tool. The technology, from PeriGen, is active at NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central…

Apple will now display on app store product pages in the United States whether an app qualifies as a regulated medical device. The new labeling applies to health and medical apps that either fall under the “Health & Fitness” or…

Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health tracks dozens of hypertension patients each month through remote patient monitoring. Here are five things to know about the program: 1. The health system launched the initiative in 2024, checking the patients’ blood pressure from…

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth is introducing smart rooms at its more than 55 hospitals across nine states. The health system is rolling out the technology in stages throughout 2026. The rooms include digitized whiteboards, digital door signs, and secure, in-room…

Laurel, Miss.-based South Central Regional Medical Center is spending about $115 million on a new Epic EHR over the next 10 years to boost data-sharing in its region, improve the patient experience and help with physician recruitment, executives told Becker’s.…