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…

Epic doesn’t negotiate prices for its EHR software, surprising — and delighting — some health system clients. The company used to let healthcare organizations haggle over price but stopped the practice in the early 1980s after many clients didn’t, founder…

Here are the hospitals, healthcare organizations, and health systems that have announced plans to transition to, or have already implemented, the Oracle Health EHR system in 2025, as reported by Becker’s. Editor’s note: This article was updated Dec. 18 and…

The Coalition for Health AI is pushing back after senior White House and HHS officials accused the organization of overstepping its role in healthcare AI policy, describing it as a potential “regulatory cartel.” In an Oct. 8 post on X,…

Eighteen healthcare organizations using Epic’s software are now connected to a federally backed health information network. The organizations began participating in the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement in September, an Epic spokesperson told Becker’s. TEFCA is a government-led initiative…

Hospitals are in a bind. As workforce shortages deepen and pay pressures mount, health systems are increasingly turning to technology to help retain their nurses. Many are piloting virtual nursing initiatives, ambient documentation and other AI-enabled tools designed to ease…