Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Health systems are not carving out separate AI budgets. Instead, CIOs told Becker’s AI is being absorbed into existing IT and operational spending and evaluated alongside other enterprise technology investments. At Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, that integration…

The Trump administration March 20 released a national framework outlining its legislative priorities for artificial intelligence, signaling a push for a unified federal approach to regulating the rapidly evolving technology. Here are seven things to know about the framework: The…

Stryker said it has contained a cybersecurity incident that disrupted its operations earlier this month and is continuing to restore affected systems, though some customers are still facing delays. The medical technology company disclosed in a March 19 update on…

How AI is integrated into clinical workflows may significantly influence how medical liability is perceived, according to a study in Nature Health. Researchers from Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State College of Medicine, Providence, R.I.-based Brown University and Newark, N.J.-based Seton Hall…

Morgan Health, a division of JPMorganChase, is backing specialty care platform Lantern with a $30 million investment to expand its reach among employers and health plans. Echo Health Ventures, which invests on behalf of Blue Cross Blue Shield-affiliated health plans,…

Two health systems have joined several companies in urging the state of Michigan to continue its participation in the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health and Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health signed on to a March 18 letter…

Verily has raised $300 million in a new investment round and is restructuring its ownership as it looks to advance its precision health strategy. The Dallas-based company said the funding round was led by Series X Capital, with participation from…

Before health systems can meaningfully benefit from artificial intelligence, they have to candidly reflect on age-old questions: Do we actually know what data we have? Where does our data live? Can our data even be trusted? For a growing number…

A data security incident involving a third-party vendor has affected some patients of Deaconess Health System in Evansville, Ind. The incident was identified Feb. 2, when Deaconess’ release of information vendor MediCopy notified the health system that an unauthorized actor…

At-home care logistics company MedArrive has acquired assets from now-defunct hospital-at-home company Inbound Health. MedArrive bought Inbound Health’s AI-backed patient-navigation capabilities to identify patients who are ready to transition from the hospital to the home, adding to its platform for…