Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Several health systems have open CIO positions after previous executives departed or retired, with some organizations naming an interim IT leader. Here are the top 200 health systems by revenue without a permanent CIO, as of early November: — Ballad…

A data breach involving healthcare AI company Xsolis has ensnared at least nine health systems and 1.4 million patients. Xsolis, which provides utilization management and care coordination technology for health systems, reported the targeted phishing attack June 5, noting that…

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare said an estimated 55,000 people had their information exposed after an unauthorized party gained access to its systems through a third-party vendor. HCA identified suspicious activity involving certain IT systems on Aug. 12, according to an…

When Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health and Thrive Global, the behavior change technology company founded and led by Arianna Huffington, announced their collaboration in October, they set out to help people make healthier decisions about sleep, food, movement, stress…

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has developed an AI model that detects signs of disease and future health risks in CT scans beyond the condition each scan was ordered to assess, according to a study published in NPJ Digital Medicine. The model,…

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD, R-La., has released a discussion draft of the PATIENT AI Act, proposing to clarify whether the FDA or ONC oversees healthcare AI tools and to create a federal payment pathway for AI-based services. The Protecting…

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network paid $800,000 to settle a federal investigation into a 2023 ransomware attack that exposed the protected health information of nearly 250,000 individuals, including sensitive photographs of cancer patients. The HHS Office for Civil Rights…

Epic said it will continue providing health system customers with AI transparency documentation and evaluation tools despite a recent federal rule eliminating certain disclosure requirements for certified electronic health records. In an Oct. 30 LinkedIn post, the EHR vendor said…

The pressure on health system executives to move fast on artificial intelligence has rarely been more acute. Vendor pipelines are full, board expectations are rising, and the fear of falling behind is real. Chris Carmody, recently named CIO of Pittsburgh-based…

For all the investment in portals, apps and online scheduling, most patients still pick up the phone. Abandoned calls and long holds rarely show up on a dashboard, but they surface later as unbooked appointments, overtime and patients who take…