Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Steven Richardson, the former owner of Expansion Media and Hybrid Management Group, was sentenced to two years in federal prison for a $110 million telehealth Medicare fraud scheme. U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton handed down the sentence Aug.…

Health system IT departments saw a wave of outsourcing, targeted layoffs, leadership churn and a competing push toward retention in 2026, even as surveys show the teams left behind are stretched thin and struggling to fill the roles they need…

The American Hospital Association is warning hospitals of an active cyber threat targeting building-control systems, after the National Security Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI and two other federal agencies issued a joint advisory about Siemens S7…

Epic recognized 89 U.S. health systems across its 2026 Honor Roll, Gold Stars and MyChart Honor Roll programs at its Users Group Meeting in Verona, Wis. Launched in 2017, the EHR vendor’s voluntary Honor Roll Good Maintenance Grant Program provides…

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has eliminated the requirement for veterans to state the last four digits of their Social Security number at check-in, replacing it with a Veteran Health Identification Card scan at facilities running the Federal EHR.…

Epic plans to add a new MyChart feature that will let patients ask the platform’s AI assistant, Emmie, to help set and work toward personal wellness goals. The tool will help patients quit smoking, increase physical activity, track sleep and…

UC San Diego researchers have developed Project CRASHCART, a mobile backup computing system designed to restore essential IT functions at hospitals hit by cyberattacks. The van-based unit can bring patient records, communication networks and clinical workflows back online for a…

Two-thirds of hospital IT teams are strained or in constant “firefighting” mode, according to a new report — and even fully staffed departments aren’t immune. The Aug. 18 report from networking-as-a-service provider Nile surveyed more than 300 IT leaders, C-suite…

Health systems have lately been managing token-based AI costs across their broader vendor stack largely through access tiering and governance. What emerged at this year’s Epic Users Group Meeting is a narrower problem: The vendor’s own AI suite, now woven…

OpenAI is continuing to build out its healthcare ambitions, hiring across technical, engineering and sales roles aimed at helping health systems and other healthcare organizations deploy and scale its AI technology. The company is currently advertising four health tech roles…