Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Optum has launched Value Connect, an AI-powered platform designed to help payers and providers operationalize value-based care models by combining clinical, operational and financial data into a single system. The platform uses AI across quality measures, utilization patterns and risk…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has implemented Dock Health’s productivity platform to automate and optimize operational workflows across its cardiovascular, eConsult and specialty contract programs. The platform is designed to streamline referral processes by automating intake, gathering patient history, improving tracking…

University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson is responding to a cyberattack that has taken its IT systems offline. In a Feb. 19 Facebook post, the medical center said its IT systems are down, including access to its Epic EHR…

Farmington, N.M.-based San Juan Regional Medical Center, a community-owned nonprofit hospital serving the Four Corners region of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado, is deploying Wellsheet’s AI software enterprisewide. The platform is currently live in more than 100 U.S. hospitals,…

While the majority of Americans still turn to physicians or other medical professionals for medical advice, 16% are relying on AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Google Gemini, Gallup found. That number could increase in the months and years to…

Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health is adopting connected devices from Withings Health Solutions for its concierge medicine service. Signature by MedStar Health will offer members complimentary devices such as a cellular blood pressure monitor and a cellular scale. The data is…

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai is expanding its use of a Parkinson’s disease monitoring app with support from a $5 million gift from the Elaine and Eduardo Saverin Foundation. The health system is broadening access to the app among its more than…

Swainsboro, Ga.-based Emanuel Medical Center is notifying patients of a May 2025 hacking incident. On May 22, the hospital detected suspicious activity on its computer systems and took steps to secure its network and investigate, according to the Feb. 17…

William Morris, MD, has been named chief medical officer of health tech startup Tennr. He most recently served in the same role for ambient AI company Ambience Healthcare. He has also been chief medical officer at Google Cloud and spent…

Health systems that acquired former Dallas-based Steward Health Care hospitals have described significant electronic health record and billing-related costs during transition periods, The Boston Globe reported Feb. 18. Boston-based Boston Medical Center Health System, Providence, R.I.-based Brown University Health and…