Health IT news and digital transformation trends

The financial pressure on American health systems has rarely been more acute. Providers are absorbing Medicaid cuts, margin compression and the compounding difficulty of competing for labor and reimbursement simultaneously. Larry Ellison, executive chairman and co-founder of Oracle, argues the…

Nearly two-thirds of hospital nursing professionals surveyed by Black Book Research said they feel individually watched or behaviorally tracked by AI or algorithmic systems used in their workplaces. The findings come from Black Book Research’s State of AI in Hospital…

Mass General Brigham’s AI intake tool gets patients to a physician the same day. Its CFO is fine losing money on a third of its AI spending. And not one executive Becker’s spoke with over two days at the Somerville,…

Health systems are not the only groups pushing back against a CMS proposal to restrict remote patient monitoring. In July, CMS pitched banning Medicare payments for remote patient monitoring services carried out by third-party companies. As proposed, starting Jan. 1,…

Oracle unveiled its Oracle Health Oncology EHR at the Oracle Health and Life Sciences Summit in Orlando, Fla. The cancer-specific EHR is built on the company’s AI-powered ambulatory EHR. The system brings together oncology workflows, AI-driven clinical intelligence drawn from…

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is spending more on AI than it’s getting back in a straightforward financial sense — and its CFO said that’s by design, not an oversight. Asked whether AI is currently a cost drain, a long-term…

Epic said its technology roadmap remains unchanged after CEO and founder Judy Faulkner disclosed the EHR vendor had paused most technology development to focus on cybersecurity. Ms. Faulkner told attendees at Modern Healthcare’s Leadership Summit that the pause involves hundreds…

Fresenius Medical Care is investigating a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to a limited number of its internal systems.  The incident has not affected the company’s medical devices, patient care, manufacturing operations or business continuity, according to a Sept. 22…

About 95% of healthcare providers and payers rank software and digital technology among their five highest strategic priorities, with most expecting to increase spending, according to research from Bain & Company and KLAS Research published Sept. 23. The findings come…

Austin, Texas-based Oracle has expanded Oracle Life Sciences Data Intelligence, combining real-world data, domain-trained AI and advanced analytics in a single platform for pharmaceutical research teams, the company said Sept. 23. The platform, formerly known as Oracle Life Sciences AI…