Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Health systems are giving more and more duties to AI agents — though don’t expect them to replace physicians or nurses anytime soon. Agentic AI, which autonomously determines and executes the steps needed to achieve defined goals, is one area…

Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center will keep its outpatient clinics closed through Feb. 25 as it responds to a cyberattack. The health system fell victim to the hack Feb. 19, taking its IT systems offline and working with federal…

Mount Sinai Health System, based in New York City, is partnering with Clear to deploy a secure identity platform aimed at streamlining how patients and employees access care and digital systems across the organization. The collaboration will make Mount Sinai…

Mount Gilead, Ohio-based OhioHealth Morrow County Hospital has gone live with Epic as part of a $6 million IT investment. The hospital adopted Epic on Feb. 22 as its parent system, Columbus-based OhioHealth, brings newly acquired facilities onto its EHR,…

Healthcare’s AI story is changing. For several years, generative AI largely lived in the “pilot era,” marked by experimentation, point solutions and cautious optimism. In 2026, that era is giving way to something more operational: organizations are moving beyond testing…

HHS’ Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy is offering $500,000 for health IT developers to turn raw EHR data into actionable insights for clinicians and patients. The EHIgnite Challenge, which launched Feb. 23, will grant $10,000 to each of nine winners…

Chicago-based UChicago Medicine has partnered with Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare to develop a pipeline of clinical health IT leaders through a new chief medical information officer training program. The collaboration, formalized in November, supports Taiwan’s effort to build…

The American Hospital Association is calling on federal health officials to reduce regulatory barriers and ensure clinician oversight as artificial intelligence becomes more integrated into clinical care. In a Feb. 23 letter to the Department of Health and Human Services,…

Baptist Health is offering eligible patients the option to receive hospital-level care at home through a new program launched at Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville. The program, called Baptist Hospital at Home, provides 24/7 acute care services to select inpatients who…

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health launched a virtual emergency department in October 2024 to address persistent overcrowding across its hospitals in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The model is part of a broader effort to centralize patient flow and coordinate care across…