Since the emergence of generative AI, not only have hospitals and health systems been trying to create governance for the new technology, they have been also looking at AI to shoulder some of healthcare's biggest burdens. 

The Department of Veterans Affairs is opening four new centers dedicated to testing artificial intelligence, FedScoop reported Oct. 12. 

Saint Peter's Healthcare System, based in New Brunswick, N.J., is now offering patients 18 years and older access to urgent virtual care. 

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health is requesting to pay a lower price for its planned 3-hospital acquisition from Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings as the hospitals deal with a six-week-long cyberattack, Yale News reported Oct. 13. 

Patients of Herington (Kan.) Hospital have reported trouble getting access to their medical records after the hospital abruptly announced its closure on Oct. 9, NBC affiliate KSNW reported Oct. 12. 

An Illinois health system said it has terminated its relationship with its medical transcription service after that company experienced a data breach.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has sequenced the genes of more than 100,000 patients for a database that will be used for precision medicine and predictive analytics.

A 2020 ransomware attack at the Burlington-based University of Vermont Health Network compromised 1,300 servers and cost the health system $65 million, local news outlet WCAX reported Oct. 12.

Chicago-based Community First Medical Center reported a data breach that affected the information of 216,047 patients.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health plans to expand the use of an artificial intelligence "copilot" across its system.