IT spending is anticipated to experience its highest growth rate in nearly 30 years, International Data Corp. reported. Here are five things to know from the IT intelligence firm’s December report: 1. Worldwide IT spending is projected to climb by…

From a looming legal challenge to one of the largest single-instance Epic rollouts in the country, here are key updates on Epic’s strategy, customer deployments and industry relationships, reported by Becker’s Hospital Review in December:

Hospitals and health systems are entering a period of rapid acceleration in AI. Clinical leaders are reporting tangible gains, from automated note-taking to clearer visibility into patient histories, while executives are increasingly focused on what it will take to scale…

As generative AI tools increasingly shape how patients research symptoms, diagnoses and treatments, chief medical information officers say the challenge is not eliminating AI from clinical conversations — but helping clinicians respond with clarity, consistency and trust. Across health systems,…

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham and Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed an AI tool to predict cancer spread in patients with oropharyngeal carcinoma. The noninvasive tool uses CT imaging data to estimate the number of lymph nodes with pathologic…

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health is taking a pragmatic view of return on investment as it expands artificial intelligence enterprisewide, focusing first on productivity gains, administrative efficiency and clinician sustainability. Amy Trainor, CIO of Ochsner Health, said the health system is…

As health systems weigh how to deploy artificial intelligence amid growing hype, Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine is focused on using AI to support clinical outcomes. Tim Calahan, MD, chief technology officer of Michigan Medicine, shared how the academic health system…

Digital innovation must bring down healthcare costs, the American Hospital Association’s incoming board chair said. EHRs added expenses and “didn’t connect our clinicians to the patients,” Marc Boom, MD, president and CEO of Houston Methodist, said during a Dec. 17…

The American Medical Association is revving up to help healthcare providers safely implement AI in 2026. AI “isn’t the future of the practice of medicine. This is happening now,” AMA CEO and Executive Vice President John Whyte, MD, said at a…

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has vetoed a bill that aimed to give people in the state more control over their health data. The New York Health Information Privacy Act would have extended HIPAA-like protections to consumer health data used…