Epic Systems is gearing up to unleash a wave of generative AI innovations in 2024, with more than 60 AI-related development projects in progress, a company spokesperson told Becker's. 

Carthage (N.Y.) Area Hospital and Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center are taking legal action to recover patient data stolen in a September ransomware attack, local news outlet WWNY reported Dec. 28.

Tulsa, Okla.-based Ascension St. John Hospital is launching a mobile digital positron emission tomography and computerized tomography system, local news outlet KJRH reported Dec. 28.

Health systems in Colorado, New York and Washington are seeking engineers to work in their health IT departments.

Health IT startups raised $900 million in the third quarter of 2023, making it the second consecutive quarter of declining funding, according to a Dec. 13 Pitchbook report.

The Department of Veterans Affairs said it is "committed to resuming the system rollout" of its Oracle Health EHR rollout, NextGov reported Dec. 28.

Health IT company DataLink projected eight trends in healthcare technology for 2024. Artificial technology dominated the trends list.

Apple will be allowed to sell previously banned smart watches in the U.S. while it appeals the U.S. International Trade Commission's decision that it violated Masimo's patent, according to The Wall Street Journal.

With some EHR installation costs climbing north of $500 million, a botched installation can seriously affect a health system's bottom line.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente's hospital at home program uses three different digital health platforms to manage patient care, document results and communicate with patients.