Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City found that adding a brief safety reminder to prompts reduced potentially harmful clinical choices in 19 of 20 large language models tested. The study, published Sept.…

Technology companies and investors have been communicating directly with federal health officials through a CMS-run Slack workspace as the Trump administration advances efforts to expand AI-powered health applications and access to medical records, according to an Oct. 9 investigation by…

Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health is moving its 16 hospitals and more than 220 ambulatory sites onto Epic, consolidating an EHR footprint that swelled to 27 systems during four years of rapid growth. Vice President and CIO Daniel Stross told Becker’s…

At a number of health systems, the executive in charge of IT no longer carries the CIO title. Some organizations have elevated their CIO into a broader digital or technology role or split the job between two leaders. The most…

Fortune recognized five healthcare companies on its 2026 “AIQ 75” ranking. Fortune partnered with Enterprise Technology Research and pulled from ServiceNow’s Enterprise AI Maturity Index. The team assessed how Fortune 500 companies, the largest U.S. companies by revenue, deploy AI…

Boston-based Mass General Brigham has restored normal operations after a digital disruption caused some computers and other devices across the health system to go offline Oct. 8. The disruption began around noon and affected some elective outpatient procedures, a spokesperson…

The two most influential figures in the hospital EHR market have reached almost opposite conclusions about how to win it. Judy Faulkner, founder and CEO of Epic, built the nation’s largest EHR vendor by refining a single integrated system, without…

The healthcare AI era has given health systems too many experiments. Moving AI from pilot to practice has become a defining challenge for digital leaders in 2026, with most organizations still working to close the gap between promising local deployments…

Annapolis, Md.-based Luminis Health has restored its systems after a cybersecurity incident that began Sept. 1, the health system said in an Oct. 8 update. Luminis Health’s hospitals, physician practices and other care locations continue to see patients. Teams are…

The Austin, Texas-based University of Texas System is expanding access to Abridge’s AI-powered clinical documentation and clinician intelligence platform through a new enterprisewide agreement. The agreement, according to an Oct. 8 news release from Abridge, establishes a systemwide framework for…