Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope built an AI tool with Microsoft to generate patient histories, giving clinicians more time to see patients. The large language model, developed with Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service, scans years of treatment reports, notes and test…

Cybersecurity tops the list of CIOs’ concerns in 2025, according to a study by IT staffing firm Experis. Here are IT chiefs’ biggest challenges, per the cross-sector survey of 175 CIOs from nine countries: 1. Cybersecurity: 41% 2. AI innovation…

A growing number of healthcare workers and patients are demanding immediate legislative action to address rising workplace violence in hospitals, an April 11 survey by Black Book Research found. The survey, which included responses from 240 individuals — emergency department…

Chicago-based Loretto Hospital’s computer systems were compromised by an unauthorized actor between Jan. 17 and Feb. 1, according to a breach notification from the hospital. During this period, files were copied, and the hospital is working to determine their contents…

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health said that unusual activity affecting its IT systems on March 8 was the result of a data breach. An investigation into the incident revealed that an unauthorized third party gained access to the health system’s…

In mid-March, Joseph Anton, RN, was named COO of Jersey City (N.J.) Medical Center, where he will oversee hospital daily operations to ensure efficiency and patient care. Becker’s connected with Mr. Anton to discuss his plans to use his 13…

As healthcare continues to be a hotbed for technological innovation, Punit Soni, CEO of Suki, often reflects on his company’s founding years nearly eight years ago. “It was crickets,” Mr. Soni said. “Nothing was going on and I remember thinking,…

Hospitals and health systems are accelerating their EHR modernization plans in 2025, with Epic, Oracle Health and Meditech emerging as leading vendors in a wave of transitions aimed at improving interoperability, workflow efficiency and digital transformation. Recent Becker’s reporting highlights…

York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health has become a “continuous innovation engine” able to rapidly scale new technologies like AI, its innovation leader told Becker’s. As part of that focus, the nine-hospital system recently promoted Mark Kandrysawtz to the role of senior…

Jake O’Shea, MD, has long been interested in the intersection of healthcare and technology, segueing into his role as vice president and chief health information officer at Nashville-based HCA Healthcare. At HCA, Dr. O’Shea is the executive sponsor for the…