Spending on home healthcare surged in November, experiencing a 12.9% year-over-year increase, closely trailed by prescription drug spending, which soared 12.2%, according to a Jan. 31 report from nonprofit Altarum.

Since Oracle got into the EHR business with its acquisition of Cerner in 2022, it has made several leadership changes as to who will be overseeing its operations. 

Boston Children's Hospital has launched an app for the new Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset that went on sale Feb. 2.

Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago said Feb. 1 it took its IT systems offline to deal with a "cybersecurity matter."

Renton, Wash.-based Providence didn't want to ban ChatGPT and force employees to use it on their personal computers, unmonitored. So the health system created its own version.

The way healthcare organizations manage and oversee AI tools varies widely, with many agreeing there is a need for clear guidelines and oversight at organizational and federal levels to handle the unique challenges posed by AI prediction tools, a Jan.…

A ransomware gang said it is giving a Chicago safety-net hospital two days to pay a nearly $900,000 ransom or else it will leak its patients' data, The Record reported Jan. 31.

Health named 12 winners of the 2024 Innovative Hospital Awards.

IT and phone systems went down Jan. 31 at Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, causing appointments to be delayed and parents unable to access MyChart.

Having access to external health data is linked to a lower likelihood of code blue incidents occurring in the emergency department, a new study from Epic Systems found.