Healthcare IT leaders shoulder a staggering range of responsibilities. They must support the daily technology needs of sprawling health systems, safeguard patient data, meet clinical and financial objectives, and drive long-term digital transformation, all while keeping pace with rapid innovation.…

Harper County, Kan.-based Patterson Health Center has adopted Oracle Health’s Clinical AI Agent. Here are four things to know:

Artificial intelligence advancements have expanded the possibilities for digital tools to improve hospital workflows. However, many of these technologies are still too new to have a track record of success. Becker’s reached out to four leaders to find which AI…

Clinician satisfaction with EHRs has jumped from 11% in 2011 to 87% in 2025, Black Book Research reported. Here are five things to know from the health IT researcher’s July 11 report based on surveys of 130,000 hospital-based clinicians since…

The state of Texas has enacted a law regulating EHR data and healthcare AI use in the state. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 1188 into law in June. The legislation requires that EHR data from Texas patients be…

Cookeville (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center has been experiencing a network outage believed to be caused by a ransomware attack. The 269-bed hospital’s IT systems went down July 13, though patient care hasn’t been affected, according to a July 15 Facebook…

A growing number of health system chief information officers are prioritizing AI to ease administrative burdens and improve care, according to a survey released July 16 by CliniComp and the CHIME Foundation. The survey gathered responses from CIOs at hospitals…

The World Health Organization, alongside the International Telecommunication Union and the World Intellectual Property Organization, has released a technical report warning of risks associated with applying artificial intelligence to traditional medicine without safeguards.  The report was presented at the ITU’s…

As ambient AI continues to make inroads in healthcare, organizations are evaluating technologies and partners more rigorously. Integration is becoming a benchmark, and delivering a seamless clinician experience is now essential to proving what ambient AI can achieve. “The hunger…

Introduction Hospitals lose millions of dollars each year due to incomplete or inaccurate charge capture in the operating room. From missed implants and barcode scanning failures to delays in documentation and item master mismatches, these breakdowns directly erode revenue and…