Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Livingston (Mont.) HealthCare is continuing to address network disruptions following a recent cybersecurity incident that affected its phone systems and certain network services. In a Feb. 16 update posted on its website, Livingston HealthCare said its phone system has been…

Telehealth use for primary care has leveled off after growing significantly amid the pandemic, Epic researchers found. Here are four things to know from the EHR vendor’s Feb. 17 study of 411 million primary care visits between July 2022 and…

Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Health is one of the first health systems to have virtual nursing in the neonatal ICU. The organization is expanding a collaboration with startup VirtuAlly, which previously provided pediatric virtual nurses in the med-surg unit at MUSC…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is collaborating with Profusa to investigate and commercialize clinical applications of the company’s oxygen monitoring technologies. The partnership will explore new product development for intra-organ perfusion monitoring in cardiovascular, renal, multi-organ and orthopedic settings, according to…

Door County Medical Center in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., has launched an Epic EHR system through a partnership with Hospital Sisters Health System, based in Springfield, Ill., an arrangement that connects patient records across the organizations and reduces paperwork for shared…

Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health is helping physicians understand the algorithms behind the AI tools they use for documentation and clinical decision support. “The American Medical Association has made it clear: Physicians need AI literacy,” David Cha, MD, associate chief medical…

The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston has approved the creation of an AI Center for Health Innovation and Informatics to coordinate and accelerate the responsible use of AI across the enterprise. The action came during the board’s February…

Northwell Health is reducing its IT workforce by less than 4%, a spokesperson for the New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based health system confirmed to Becker’s. The cuts represent fewer than 0.1% of Northwell’s total workforce, the spokesperson said. The organization did…

As health systems deepen investments in clinical technology, leaders continue to debate how best to structure informatics teams: Should informaticists focus exclusively on strategy, governance and optimization, or should they also perform technical system build work? Chief nursing information officers…

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is set to resume its Oracle EHR rollout at four Michigan medical centers in the spring. The system will be deployed in April at VA Detroit Healthcare System, VA Saginaw Healthcare System, VA Ann…