The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is sending $93.3 million to Georgia through the federal Rural Health Transformation Program to expand telehealth services, advance surgical robotics and modernize rural healthcare access statewide. The funding, according to an Aug. 27…

How adaptive identity helps accelerate AI, securely In the healthcare industry, the pace of innovation is accelerating. The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping clinical workflows, bringing incredible opportunities and new challenges. But this new reality has expanded…

In nearly every conversation I have with health system leaders, scale is part of the agenda. They are trying to reduce siloed point solutions, simplify increasingly complex technology environments, and extend successful capabilities across hospitals, regions and service lines. Yet…

Ronan, Mont.-based St. Luke Community Healthcare will go live with an Oracle Health EHR system on Sept. 1, Lake County Leader reported Aug. 27. The new EHR system will be implemented across St. Luke’s hospital and four clinics. Patients will…

Five finalists have been chosen from Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic’s nurse-led AI agent competition field and are now moving into proof-of-concept development Mayo received more than 450 submissions to the competition, which challenged nurses to design largely autonomous AI solutions…

A phishing scam impersonating MyChart is targeting patients at health systems across the country, with fraudulent emails and texts dangling a “MyChart Medicare Kit” or “Senior Health Package” to trick recipients into clicking malicious links or handing over personal information.…

Nearly two-thirds of U.S. hospitals using Epic’s EHR had adopted at least one ambient AI tool as of mid-2025, according to research published in The American Journal of Managed Care. The technology’s effect on clinician burnout has been well documented;…

The Drug Enforcement Administration has submitted a final rule on telehealth prescribing of controlled substances to the White House for regulatory review. The DEA filed the rule Aug. 25 and listed it as “economically significant,” an Office of Management and…

The Trump administration is rapidly reshaping the federal government’s approach to health technology, pushing healthcare deeper into AI and digital infrastructure while rewriting the rules around data sharing, cybersecurity and oversight. Here are 10 of the most notable actions Becker’s…

The FBI and Justice Department seized internet domains used by a China state-sponsored hacking network that breached hospital systems, power companies and federal agencies, according to an affidavit unsealed Aug. 26 in the Southern District of California. The group, known…