The new IT chief of Browns Mills, N.J.-based Deborah Heart and Lung Center told Becker’s he plans to leverage data and AI to help providers make better clinical decisions while ignoring the “shiny object” in favor of tangible benefits like…

Seven community health organizations across four states began using OCHIN’s version of Epic during the second quarter of 2025, expanding the nonprofit’s health IT network to reach more than 7.7 million patients nationwide. Here are four things to know:

Physicians are clamoring for EHR solutions that will ease burnout and boost clinical workflows, Black Book Research reported. Here are clinicians’ most critical EHR needs, according to a survey of 274 physicians and other healthcare providers affiliated with health systems…

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham and Amazon One Medical continue to expand their collaboration. The two organizations plan to open an Amazon One Medical primary care office in Wellesley, Mass., according to a July 14 Swellesley Report story. The clinic…

Epic continues to institute AI capabilities into its EHR. Here are five things to know about AI at Epic, according to a July blog post from Seth Hain, senior vice president of research and development at Epic: 1. Generative AI…

More than 700 rural hospitals have joined Microsoft’s Cybersecurity for Rural Hospitals Program, an initiative aimed at helping small and often under-resourced hospitals strengthen their cyber defenses with free or low-cost tools and services. The program has seen steady growth…

Health system CIOs are seeing steady pay increases as their responsibilities broaden to include digital transformation, cybersecurity and AI strategy. In 2024, more than 20% of enterprise healthcare CIOs earned over $600,000 annually, while another 15% earned between $451,000 and…

Albemarle, N.C.-based Atrium Health Stanly plans to launch a virtual nursing program thanks to a $1.45 million grant. The grant is the largest of several funded through a $4 million gift to the Atrium Health Foundation from the Duke Endowment.…

Rural hospitals are bracing for Medicaid cuts that could affect their cybersecurity. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law July 4 by President Donald Trump, slashes Medicaid funding by nearly $1 trillion over the next decade. Healthcare leaders…

We’ve come a long way from when electronic health records (EHRs) were first built as billing systems. As we progress as an industry toward better usability, it’s clear that general best practice workflows have not reflected the daily realities of…