A Maine surgeon says the new Apple mixed reality headset could give physicians "superpowers," while Apple executives envision healthcare as a key use area for the new device.

Cleveland Clinic President and CEO Tom Mihaljevic, MD, said the health system will be using AI to help cope with the global shortage of healthcare workers, Cleveland.com reported Jan.  24. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services said an unauthorized actor extracted copies of documents containing patient information from its organization and affiliates during a Nov. 23 ransomware attack.

Northwell Health President and CEO Michael Dowling views technology, particularly artificial intelligence, as a means to achieve the efficiencies required to address the shortcomings hospitals and health systems are facing, Politico reported Jan. 23.

Here are seven hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking information technology executives.

When Epic was building its new campus in Verona, Wis., it learned its underground parking lots were too short to fit local fire trucks. So the EHR vendor bought its own.

Columbus Regional Healthcare System's May 2023 data breach has affected 132,000 people, Cybernews reported Jan. 22. 

Hackers have been impersonating hospital revenue cycle workers and tricking IT staff into giving them log-in credentials to steal money from the health systems, the American Hospital Association warned.

Healthcare delivery needs more humanity. Over the last 15 years, clinicians have been forced behind the computer entering data into the EHR during patient visits. Increasing patient volume and workforce shortages make it a challenge to deliver high-touch patient care…

Optum Perks, a prescription discount provider, has launched a new telehealth service that provides affordable healthcare and prescription treatments for conditions such as acne, cough and high blood pressure.