Health IT news and digital transformation trends

A new executive order targeting security risks in foreign-made power equipment is prompting at least one health system CIO to scrutinize the technology embedded in hospital facilities infrastructure, an area that historically has fallen outside IT’s view. President Donald Trump…

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC School of Medicine was awarded up to $35 million to lead a research initiative with Atlanta-based Emory University to build a data resource for AI-driven rare disease diagnosis. The four-and-a-half-year project is funded through the Advanced…

A smart hospital uses interconnected technologies such as AI, the internet of things and digital platforms to automate workflows, improve patient outcomes, and reduce costs across clinical and management systems.  Here are 20 hospitals and health systems built around that…

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System and Denver Health have joined PACT AI, a new coalition focused on building independent verification standards for artificial intelligence in healthcare and other industries. The Partnership for Assurance, Credibility and Trust on AI…

Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health is seeking its first chief AI and digital transformation officer, creating a new enterprise leadership role that will report directly to the health system’s CEO. The executive will lead Trinity’s systemwide AI vision, strategy and digital…

Mayo Clinic has moved well beyond AI pilots. Now it is learning what it costs to keep AI running at scale. The Rochester, Minn.-based health system has 128 clinical AI solutions in practice and is approaching 500 in its pipeline,…

West Ascension Parish Hospital in Donaldsonville, La., will go live with Epic Community Connect on Sept. 1. The critical access hospital has spent the past 11 months preparing for the transition alongside Our Lady of the Lake Health, according to…

Adventist Health has gone live on Epic across 27 hospitals and more than 440 clinics in California, Oregon and Hawaii, completing the largest technology implementation in the health system’s history. The transition began Aug. 30 and moves the Roseville, Calif.-based…

Health systems have spent years rolling out AI tools that draft notes, summarize charts, and answer patient messages. The next wave is different: AI agents that can take actions on their own — placing orders, flagging results, closing gaps in…

Health systems are expanding partnerships with Big Tech companies as they race to deploy AI, modernize infrastructure and improve cybersecurity. Here are five collaborations involving Amazon, Microsoft and Google reported on in the past month: 1. Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health…