Revenue cycle management tops the list of healthcare’s top IT investment focuses, Bain & Co. and KLAS Research found. The revenue cycle is also a higher IT priority compared to 2024, while IT infrastructure (including cybersecurity) and data platforms and…

Advocate Health, a Charlotte, N.C.-based health system, is positioning technology partnerships at the center of its growth strategy, CEO Eugene Woods wrote in an Oct. 13 Harvard Business Review article. The nonprofit, formed three years ago through the merger of…

While the total of breached patient records so far in 2025 pales in comparison to the previous two years, the “number is still far too high and should not be tolerated as the norm,” American Hospital Association leaders wrote. Here…

Cleveland Clinic is expanding its mid-revenue cycle-focused partnership with Akasa.  Over a four-month period earlier this year, Cleveland Clinic completed the rollout of revenue cycle automation company Akasa’s coding tool across all of its U.S. locations, according to an Oct.…

From teaming up with the Trump administration to partnering with the Social Security Administration, here is a look at where EHR giant Epic is extending its partnerships in 2025, as reported by Becker’s: Editor’s note: This article was updated Nov.…

The emergency department rewards clear thinking under pressure. The mistakes I fear don’t come from ignorance. They come when attention splits at the wrong second. A result posts, a phone rings, a code announcement overhead, a family wants an update,…

Nebraska Medicine, based in Omaha, Neb., is using generative AI to develop its own tools internally — a move that is reducing reliance on outside technology vendors and accelerating innovation timelines. “What’s super exciting now, when you think about the…

Patients of Albany, Ga.-based Phoebe Putney Health System have reportedly been receiving scam phone calls involving fake test results and gift card giveaways. The health system is urging patients who receive suspicious calls to hang up and contact Phoebe Putney…

Ransomware attacks on U.S. healthcare businesses have increased in 2025, even as incidents targeting hospitals and clinics declined, according to a new report from Comparitech published Oct. 9. Here are five key findings from the report:

As healthcare moves further into the digital age, with a greater focus on AI and other emerging technologies, health systems have been increasingly elevating tech leaders to chief executive roles. Here are five former health system IT and digital executives…