Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Fourteen clients have renewed their contracts with Altera Digital Health for its Sunrise EHR. The health systems that signed multiyear contracts for Sunrise include Phoenix Children’s, St. Mary’s, Ohio-based Grand Lake Health System and New Britain, Conn.-based Hospital for Special…

Health systems are already saving millions of dollars by consolidating their IT application portfolios, with some just getting started on the process, executives told Becker’s. Amid healthcare’s digital transformation, organizations adopted numerous point solutions. But now they’re reevaluating whether they’re…

Epic is rolling out disease outbreak alerts in spring 2026 to flag when conditions such as measles or salmonella increase above expected levels. The Health Alerts feature will include data down to the county level, according to a Feb. 24…

Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth is rolling out Abridge’s AI scribe across the organization after a successful nine-month pilot. The health system trialed the solution with 250 providers in 2025, experiencing improvements in patient experience and clinician workflows, before expanding it to…

Indiana University Health in Indianapolis and Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital have filed separate lawsuits against Change Healthcare and its parent company, UnitedHealth Group, alleging the companies failed to safeguard data and maintain backup systems during the 2024 cyberattack, causing significant…

Oracle Health has launched a device validation program aimed at standardizing how medical devices connect to health systems and electronic health records. The company introduced the Oracle Health Device Validation Program in the U.S. on Feb. 25. The initiative is…

Telehealth is about five times less expensive than in-office care for common conditions that can be treated by both types of visits, according to a new study from Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine. The researchers analyzed over 160,000 visits — both virtual and in-person…

Zafar Chaudry, MD, has spent 40 years in healthcare IT — the last 8.5 of them at Seattle Children’s, where he serves as senior vice president, chief digital officer and chief AI and information officer. He started his career as…

Most health systems continue their digital transformation journeys with investments in innovations like virtual care platforms, AI-powered clinical tools, and remote patient monitoring innovations. But as investment accelerates, health system leaders are increasingly tasked with substantiating the return on that…

Artificial intelligence is often framed as a radical break from the past. In healthcare, it is better understood as an acceleration of a long-standing shift. For decades, providers have purchased technology as software — licenses, seats, and upgrades. The responsibility…