Health system IT leaders are entering a new era of leadership amid transformational technology platform purchases, artificial intelligence integration and cybersecurity advancements. But being the most technically proficient no longer guarantees leaders the top role.

Abridge and Microsoft's DAX Copilot are leading the race for AI-powered ambient speech solutions in healthcare, thanks to their deep integration with Epic's EHR and high customer satisfaction, a Feb. 5 KLAS report found.

Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner knows she can't listen to everyone's opinions when deciding on the company's EHR software.

Rural healthcare executives are cautiously optimistic about the future, with workforce shortages stabilizing and the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic behind them, according to a Feb. 4 report from advisory and accounting firm Wipfli.

UNC Health is the latest health system to partner with Abridge, scaling its ambient AI for clinical documentation across thousands of clinicians in its network.

Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health has launched a digital hub to centralize digital medicine capabilities and improve patient care across inpatient, outpatient, and home settings.

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has launched a "deep research" tool designed to conduct multi-step research tasks at a professional analyst level. 

UT Health San Antonio's new $472 million hospital has rooms outfitted with technology that allows for virtual visits with up to six people and high-resolution cameras that can tell what medications a patient is taking.

Angelo Milazzo, MD, chief medical officer of integrated practice at Duke Health in Durham, N.C., isn't quick to use the term "game changer" when describing technology tools in healthcare.

Veradigm, a healthcare data and technology provider formerly known as Allscripts, has concluded its months-long strategic review without securing a sale or major transaction, the company said Jan. 30.