As Epic begins deploying a new wave of capabilities across its EHR platform, health systems around the country are starting to go live with the updated tools and features. Becker’s reported in August that Epic planned to introduce a broad…

Prairie du Sac, Wis.-based Sauk Prairie Healthcare is partnering with Jorie AI to advance automation across the system’s revenue cycle operations.  Through Jorie AI’s technology, the system will integrate end-to-end automation throughout its revenue cycle, according to a Nov. 20…

Several patients of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health have withdrawn their lawsuit against an agentic AI vendor for the health system. In May, the individuals sued Serviceaide in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California after a data breach…

A former FBI agent spent four years tracking down an alleged hacker of a Kansas hospital even after leaving the agency, The Wall Street Journal reported. Eric Kerr, a cybersecurity researcher who departed the bureau in 2023, continued to pursue…

Rady Children’s Hospital Orange County has expanded its virtual nursing program to its emergency and neuroscience units.  The hospital in November added virtual nurse coverage to the Julia and George Argyros Emergency Department and the neuroscience unit in the Bill…

Artificial intelligence is only as strong as the data behind it. Healthcare leaders are working with their teams to build the infrastructure, governance, and culture necessary to support AI at scale. Healthcare leaders gathered at the AI Summit during the…

Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health has invested in an interoperability startup as part of a $10 million funding round. The 69-hospital system backed WellBeam in the series A investment led by Wittington Ventures. The company works with health systems to improve…

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has started piloting ambient AI scribes at 10 hospitals across the country. Here are the VA medical centers that are testing and validating the effectiveness of the technology (along with the vendors), according to…

Like many health systems, Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine has dealt with increased vaccine hesitancy among parents since the pandemic. To add to that, West Virginia already struggles with access to care and nearly enacted a law allowing nonmedical exemptions for…

Bryan Health is tapping its Epic EHR system to participate in the federal Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, or TEFCA. The Lincoln, Neb.-based health system said in a Nov. 20 news release that TEFCA participation will help ensure patients’…