Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Ochsner Health has become the first health system to use Epic’s Ergo Visit, an AI-supported outpatient visit tool designed to help clinicians prepare for appointments, stay present during patient conversations and finish documentation before the visit ends. Four clinicians in…

Epic used its 2026 Users’ Group Meeting on Tuesday to detail several new and expanding AI capabilities across its EHR platform. Here are five things health system leaders should know: 1. Agent Factory lets health systems build their own AI…

Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner used her Aug. 18 UGM executive address to unveil a wave of Cosmos-powered AI tools, new smaller-organization product tiers, rural health expansions and a cybersecurity update disclosing the company’s use of Anthropic’s most restricted…

The FDA has outlined a proposed framework for regulating AI-based software used as a medical device that can continue learning and adapting after reaching the market. The framework centers on what the agency calls a “predetermined change control plan,” which…

Dartmouth Health has begun discussions to sunset its Tele-ICU and Tele-ED telehealth services, affecting 13 hospitals in New Hampshire and Vermont, citing unsustainable costs without external funding support. Like other regional and national health systems, Dartmouth Health said it faces…

ONC is requesting public comment on a new three-year data collection tied to the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement. The agency wants generic clearance to gather routine customer feedback on service delivery and program performance tied to TEFCA, according…

Healthcare has entered a new phase of artificial intelligence adoption. The question is no longer whether AI can improve healthcare. Predictive models, generative AI, ambient documentation, and intelligent automation have demonstrated their potential across clinical and operational settings. The real…

Board human resources committees are encouraged to transition to a broader “human capital” remit, in order to assure proper focus on new AI-prompted issues impacting the workforce. These include, but are not limited to, workforce restructuring; employee retraining and professional…

Healthcare networks are messy. Years of clinical systems, medical devices, applications, vendors and infrastructure create connections that made sense individually but collectively create far more reach than most organizations would design intentionally. Now add AI agents. An agent can arrive…

Artificial intelligence tools are helping patients and physicians identify rare and hard-to-diagnose diseases faster, according to an Aug. 15 report from The Wall Street Journal. The report cited several cases in which AI helped care teams or patients arrive at…