Health IT news and digital transformation trends

The second day of Becker’s IT + RCM Conference brought together CIOs, CMIOs, chief revenue officers, legal experts, and clinical informatics leaders for a candid conversation about where health system technology is headed and what it will take to lead…

The real problem isn’t the size of the check. It’s that the list of what IT departments are expected to cover keeps getting longer. That’s the takeaway from CIOs who responded to a recent Becker’s survey on IT spending at…

CMS’ interoperability rule will require many insurers to have application programming interface capabilities by Jan. 1, 2027. The clock is ticking, but some health plans are ahead of the curve. CMS is seeking patient access, provider access, provider directory, payer-to-payer…

Oracle has expanded its fiscal 2026 restructuring plan by approximately $700 million, bringing expected costs to roughly $2.8 billion as the company pursues strategic initiatives and operational efficiencies that include adopting and integrating AI across certain functions. The Sept. 11…

For some health system technology leaders, rolling out AI tools was the easy part. Proving they are still worth paying for is the harder, ongoing job. Shahidul Mannan, chief data officer at Boston Medical Center, put the sharpest number on…

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health has selected Oracle to standardize its clinical, financial and operational technology. Building on its existing use of Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, Quorum will adopt Oracle Health EHR, Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent, Oracle Health Patient Accounting,…

El Dorado Springs, Mo.-based Cedar County Memorial Hospital is working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and external forensic experts to investigate an August IT disruption that left its Meditech EHR offline for two weeks. The hospital voluntarily shut down…

Health systems have spent years running AI pilots. The question now is what comes after scaling them. Four leaders working at organizations with populations ranging from tens of thousands to 5 million patients say the answer requires something most organizations…

Twenty-five health systems are developing artificial intelligence agents for clinical and operational workflows as part of an Epic event. The organizations are participating in Epic’s second Agent Factory Build-a-Thon in Verona, Wis., according to a Sept. 15 company news release.…

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., have launched a technology innovation hub powered by Amazon Web Services. Four things to know: 1. The Rutgers/RWJBarnabas Health Innovation Hub aims to advance medical education, clinical innovation…