Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Sleep data from COPD patients with wearable devices may help predict how likely they are to stay engaged with pulmonary rehabilitation, according to researchers at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic. The study, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health, evaluated whether…

Titusville, Fla.-based Parrish Healthcare has inked a deal with Meditech to implement its Expanse EHR across the health system’s 208-bed hospital and ambulatory clinics. The health system said it looks forward to enhanced mobile and AI capabilities, an improved user…

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare and K Health have jointly launched PatientGPT, a 24/7 clinical AI assistant that integrates with the health system’s EHR and care team. Unlike consumer AI tools, PatientGPT is embedded within Hartford HealthCare’s infrastructure and can access patient…

Nearly 1 in 5 people who turn to Microsoft Copilot for health information discuss personal symptoms or conditions, the tech giant found. Microsoft analyzed more than 500,000 deidentified health-related conversations from January to reveal what people are asking. Nationwide, consumers…

Health system AI initiatives tend to follow a familiar arc: leadership identifies a promising tool, a committee evaluates it, and the organization deploys it to the people who will use it. Tampa General Hospital is running a different sequence. “We…

Residents and fellows at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic are leaning into the health system’s data analytics arm to inform their careers. They recently participated in Platform Experience Day, exploring how Mayo Clinic Platform’s database of tens of millions of deidentified…

NYC Health + Hospitals is ending its contract with Palantir in October, The Intercept reported March 24. According to testimony from NYC Health + Hospitals CEO Mitchell Katz, MD, at a March 16 City Council meeting, the contract will not…

Infosys has agreed to acquire digital transformation company Optimum Healthcare IT for up to $465 million. The deal, which gives the tech consulting giant a footprint in health IT, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027 pending…

Baton Rouge, La.-based FMOL Health was an early adopter of Epic’s new AI scribe after finding the application accurate and cost-effective and working with the EHR vendor to make improvements, a leader told Becker’s. The nine-hospital system signed an enterprise…

About 32% of U.S. adults have used AI chatbots to seek health information in the past year, a level comparable to those turning to social media for similar guidance, a March 25 survey found. The findings come from a KFF…