Health IT news and digital transformation trends

BJC Health, Hartford HealthCare, NYU Langone Health, UNC Health, University of Utah Health and WVU Medicine are finding out.

Forty-three million Americans live in rural areas with primary care shortages. For the hospitals and health systems serving them, workforce instability is one of the top strategic challenges. Physician and clinician shortfalls, burnout and thin talent pipelines limit access and…

Epic released Care Everywhere Diagnostic Image Exchange, letting health systems on its EHR directly share full diagnostic-quality CT, X-ray and MRI images with each other. The release targets a persistent interoperability gap: diagnostic-quality images live in imaging archiving systems outside…

Epic will host more than 20,000 attendees in person for its 2026 Users Group Meeting (UGM) in Verona, Wis., with the General Session drawing over 60,000 total viewers on Tuesday, Aug. 18. The conference will feature nearly 500 presentations and…

Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed restored MyChart access Aug. 12 for patients with an active account and a mobile number on file, 17 days after a cyber incident disrupted the health system’s IT network. Patients logging in now receive a text message…

Hospitals in 12 states, from Delaware to Wisconsin, are going live on Epic’s EHR platform in 2026, as the company continues to expand its already dominant share of the hospital EHR market. Epic grew its share of the acute care…

The OpenAI Foundation is committing $100 million to launch Breakthroughs to Follow-Through, a Common Health Coalition initiative that will use AI tools to close gaps in care delivery, the two organizations announced Aug. 13. The initiative’s first goal is to…

The American Hospital Association sent a letter Aug. 12 urging the Consumer Product Safety Commission to keep hospital participation voluntary as the agency modernizes the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System. The letter, addressed to CPSC Chairman Peter Feldman and Secretary…

Health system CIOs have long vetted technology vendors for security, reliability and compliance. Increasingly, they’re also being asked to answer for who those vendors are outside healthcare. The question has sharpened in recent months after Portland, Maine-based MaineHealth and New…

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to expand its contract with Oracle Health past its current ceiling, already near $10 billion, and extend the deal by three years, FedScoop reported Aug. 12. VA reached its contract ceiling sooner than planned…