Data centers can be costly, requiring healthcare organizations to allocate funds toward investments in servers, routers, switches and various other infrastructure elements to sustain them, making CIOs want to get out of the business.

Health system leaders say the line between artificial intelligence hype and reality is a thin one.

From a patent infringement lawsuit to the launch of a new app platform, here are five updates on Epic's operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker's Hospital Review in January: 

Nearly 40% of healthcare CIOs said leading business and digital transformation was their No. 1 objective in 2024, according to a new survey of IT leaders.

Health systems continue to partner with Big Tech to drive digital innovation. Here are 12 such collaborations Becker's reported on in the past two months.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has 6,200 IT professionals in its information technology group spread across the country at a time when other health systems are cutting IT teams or outsourcing the department.

As healthcare organizations grapple with labor shortages and tighter margins, health system CEOs are looking toward technology to help boost efficiency to solve some of these pressures. 

Leaders from CommonSpirit and Fairview Health Services are joining the board of Suki, a technology company that provides AI voice solutions for healthcare organizations. 

Digital transformation in healthcare made big strides last year as hospitals began to incorporate artificial intelligence into clinical and operational processes in a meaningful way.

CIOs are conducting multifaceted strategies to ensure that their EHR systems not only meet current needs but also evolve to address future healthcare demands and technological advancements.