Healthcare is one of the most complex operating systems in the world. Even when occupancy looks steady, the ground is constantly shifting. With a national average length of stay of about 4.7 days1, a typical hospital effectively “turns” one in…

Technology has been both a promise and a problem in healthcare. When EHRs arrived in hospitals, they were heralded as a revolution — bringing order to messy paper charts and standardizing how care was documented. But soon after, clinicians found…

A majority of healthcare organizations plan to maintain or increase their spending on health IT professional services in 2025, even as policy shifts and margin pressures create widespread financial uncertainty, according to a Nov. 12 KLAS Research report. KLAS surveyed…

Conifer is collaborating with Google Cloud to embed advanced AI at scale across its end-to-end revenue cycle management platform. The RCM company is developing a next-generation platform built on Google Cloud that will be fully integrated into Conifer’s proprietary workflows,…

The Trump administration has pledged to crack down on information blocking — and a new report charts a potential course. HHS said in September it would boost enforcement of healthcare organizations refusing to share data with patients and other entities,…

Hospitals are rethinking how much innovation should happen within their walls — and how much should come from outside partners. As health systems face increasing digital complexity, many chief medical information officers say the balance between in-house development and vendor…

Marshall Browning Hospital in Du Quoin, Ill., plans to replace its EHR system with Oracle Health’s CommunityWorks platform as it looks to streamline operations and reduce administrative work for clinicians. The 25-bed critical access hospital will also implement Oracle Health’s…

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health incurred $1.62 million in Epic expenses during the third quarter of 2025. The 30-hospital, for-profit system, which is extending the EHR to 18 newly acquired clinics, has spent $2.9 million on Epic during the first nine…

Several health systems are relaunching hospital at home after Medicare reimbursement for the care model was restored with the deal to reopen the federal government. More than half of hospital-at-home programs temporarily or permanently closed following the Oct. 1 government…

Mayo Clinic’s data platform is redefining how fast care can evolve — and how far high-quality care can reach. The Rochester, Minn.-based health system launched Mayo Clinic Platform in 2019 to extend its expertise far beyond the patients who visit…