Health IT news and digital transformation trends

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality launched a $7.95 million prize initiative Oct. 7 aimed at using AI to speed medical evidence reviews and expand the use of federal healthcare data. The agency, part of HHS, is calling the…

AI-powered testing is uncovering security weaknesses in healthcare technology, from EHR configurations that could permit undetected record access to hospital websites that could expose patient information. Epic and Google-owned cybersecurity company Wiz illustrates how AI is being used to search…

Regional hospitals and other critical infrastructure operators can now apply for tiered access to Anthropic’s most capable cyber models, including Claude Mythos 5.1, through an expanded cybersecurity initiative. The existing Cyber Verification Program absorbs Project Glasswing, which had limited Mythos…

Cleveland-based University Hospitals has expanded its partnership with ESO to bring prehospital intelligence capabilities to fire departments and EMS agencies transporting patients to its facilities. The implementation is the first of its kind in Ohio and builds on the health…

When Epic’s top security executive said health systems need to “get ready to patch, patch, patch,” the leaders responsible for applying those fixes largely agreed. Their caveat: Moving faster depends on knowing sooner what needs fixing and which fixes can’t…

Fewer hospitals and health systems are switching EHRs in 2026 than in recent years. But the year’s biggest moves largely keep ending in the same place. Epic has spent 2026 turning on deals signed years ago, from Adventist Health’s 27…

As technology works its way into nearly every corner of hospital operations, health system CIOs are confronting a practical question: If an initiative touches technology, does IT have to own it? Sheri Strobel, CIO of Temple Terrace, Fla.-based Chapters Health…

Utah has approved umbrella agreements with Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health and University of Utah Health to establish expedited review pathways for future healthcare AI pilots, each of which must still be individually vetted. The agreements are among five approved…

Workers are gaining a voice in health system AI decisions, from technology investments at Kaiser Permanente to tool design at HCA Healthcare and new AI concepts at Mayo Clinic. The approaches range widely: Kaiser bargained with its unions to give…

Wilmington, Del.-based ChristianaCare is now live on Epic, finishing its switch from Oracle Health to a new EHR and MyChart patient portal. President and CEO Jenn Schwartz said Epic brings clinical information, care team workflows and patient-facing tools into one…