Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth is going live with Epic on March 1 after a two-year implementation. The six-hospital system selected its new EHR vendor in December 2023, embarking on what the organization called “one of the largest technology upgrades in our…

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia supported new statewide efforts to increase oversight of artificial intelligence tools and prevent AI-powered chatbots from presenting themselves as licensed healthcare professionals. Here are eight things to know: In addition to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the…

Rohit Chandra, PhD, didn’t come up through healthcare. He’s an engineer by training who joined Cleveland Clinic four years ago from outside the industry, and he’ll tell you that’s part of the point. The same is true of the chief…

UNC Health, based in Chapel Hill, N.C., has launched what it called the world’s first standardized rare-disease coding tool, integrating Mondo Disease Ontology codes into its EHR. As part of Epic’s February 2026 software update, health systems using IMO Core…

The American Hospital Association is recommending that hospitals and health systems address a cybersecurity vulnerability in Cisco networking software. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and international partners released guidance Feb. 25 on fixing the flaw being targeted by…

Hospital and health systems across the U.S. are increasingly rebranding the chief information officer role as organizations expand digital strategy beyond traditional IT operations. Recent executive moves suggest a growing preference for titles such as “chief digital and information officer”…

UPMC Enterprises has joined a $13 series A financing round for BrainCheck, a digital health startup that uses AI to assess and care for cognitive conditions. Pittsburgh-based UPMC is among the 500 healthcare organizations employing the platform for screening and…

At Houston Methodist, flu season brings a predictable rise in patient volumes across the system. Emergency departments and ambulatory clinics feel the surge first. But from the perspective of Jordan Dale, MD, chief medical information and chief health AI officer,…

The American Hospital Association and Epic are teaming up to help hospitals reduce postpartum hemorrhage with EHR tools. The Safer Births PPH Collaborative is a seven-month program featuring monthly, expert-led sessions with strategies, best practices and interactive forums, according to…

Mayo Clinic Platform supports clinical research and AI development more effectively than traditional EHRs, according to researchers at the Rochester, Minn.-based health system. The Feb. 16 study in npj Health Systems demonstrated the capabilities of Mayo Clinic Platform, a cloud-based…