Health IT news and digital transformation trends

When Mt. San Rafael Hospital and Clinics decided to move to Oracle Health’s EHR platform, CIO Michael Archuleta did not frame it as a technology replacement. “We moved to Oracle Health because we’re building a health system designed for the…

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University co-developed an AI platform that can predict which of two approved chemotherapy regimens for advanced pancreatic cancer is likely to be more effective for a given patient. The platform analyzes scanned images of standard…

Catholic Health, based in Buffalo, N.Y., is restructuring how it supports its Epic EHR platform through a new partnership with healthcare IT consulting firm Nordic. In a March 3 news release shared with Becker’s, the health system said Nordic will…

Laura Wilt has a simple test for every AI initiative at Sutter Health: Does it make work easier, or does it improve care? If the answer is no, it shouldn’t be built. As chief digital officer of the Sacramento-based integrated…

Epic Systems and Oracle Health submitted letters to the Department of Health and Human Services in February outlining policy recommendations related to the adoption and use of AI in clinical care. The letters respond to HHS’ request for information on…

Ultrasound AI has received FDA de novo clearance for its Delivery Date AI technology, a cloud-based software as a medical device designed to determine a predicted delivery date from standard ultrasound images. The tool uses deep-learning neural networks trained on…

Camden, NJ and Clearwater, FL – March 3, 2026 – Cooper University Health Care has selected hellocare.ai as its enterprise platform to power AI-assisted intelligent hospital rooms across its health system, advancing patient safety, virtual care delivery, and clinical innovation.…

The narrative surrounding Artificial Intelligence in 2026 has reached a critical inflection point. According to Forrester’s latest “State of AI” report, while adoption rates are surging, a significant portion of organizations are trapped in a cycle of “strategic myopia.” Many…

Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center has restored its phone service a week and a half after a ransomware attack crippled the health system’s communications. UMMC brought its phones back online March 2 and started calling back patients to reschedule…

As health systems push digital transformation deeper into clinical operations, chief nursing information officers say the role of clinical informatics is shifting — though not always evenly — from reactive troubleshooting to proactive design. Two CNIOs described an industry in…