In healthcare, a data breach represents a threat to patient safety, institutional trust and the integrity of care. The leaders charged with defending against cyberattacks have become among the most critical figures in any hospital or health system.  The CISOs…

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health is notifying 3,298 patients that their medical information may have been exposed after an employee clicked a malicious link in a phishing email, according to a filing with the HHS Office for Civil Rights. Vanderbilt discovered…

U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner, R-Wash., has sent a letter to VA Secretary Doug Collins asking why the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has not implemented several Office of Inspector General recommendations on its EHR modernization program. The open recommendations, issued…

BJC Health, Hartford HealthCare, NYU Langone Health, UNC Health, University of Utah Health and WVU Medicine are finding out.

Forty-three million Americans live in rural areas with primary care shortages. For the hospitals and health systems serving them, workforce instability is one of the top strategic challenges. Physician and clinician shortfalls, burnout and thin talent pipelines limit access and…

Epic released Care Everywhere Diagnostic Image Exchange, letting health systems on its EHR directly share full diagnostic-quality CT, X-ray and MRI images with each other. The release targets a persistent interoperability gap: diagnostic-quality images live in imaging archiving systems outside…

Epic will host more than 20,000 attendees in person for its 2026 Users Group Meeting (UGM) in Verona, Wis., with the General Session drawing over 60,000 total viewers on Tuesday, Aug. 18. The conference will feature nearly 500 presentations and…

Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed restored MyChart access Aug. 12 for patients with an active account and a mobile number on file, 17 days after a cyber incident disrupted the health system’s IT network. Patients logging in now receive a text message…

Hospitals in 12 states, from Delaware to Wisconsin, are going live on Epic’s EHR platform in 2026, as the company continues to expand its already dominant share of the hospital EHR market. Epic grew its share of the acute care…

The OpenAI Foundation is committing $100 million to launch Breakthroughs to Follow-Through, a Common Health Coalition initiative that will use AI tools to close gaps in care delivery, the two organizations announced Aug. 13. The initiative’s first goal is to…