Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Advocate Health logged 2.2 million virtual care encounters in 2025, a 30% jump from the prior year, according to a new report. The Charlotte, N.C.-based health system now offers 47 virtual care services across 258 sites in 10 states. The…

Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health has launched Atlantic Health PatientGPT, a clinical AI tool built with K Health that helps patients understand symptoms and connects them directly to system clinicians. PatientGPT integrates with Atlantic Health’s EHR and patient portal, drawing on…

Twelve health systems have formed the Diagnostic AI Consortium with Aidoc, a New York-based clinical AI company, to set shared standards for how diagnostic artificial intelligence is evaluated, deployed and monitored across hospitals. The launch follows years of strain on…

Northeast Georgia Health System has become the fifth health system in the country to deploy Epic’s Chart with Art ambient AI tool for nursing documentation. A pilot group of 15 nurses and two patient care technicians is testing the technology…

Providence, R.I.-based Brown University Health is notifying 311,760 patients that their personal information may have been compromised in a data breach involving a legacy file server used by one of its physician practices, according to a July 16 notice submitted…

Fort Worth, Texas-based JPS Health Network remains in a “controlled network downtime” as of Aug. 10, more than a week after detecting suspicious activity in its technology environment. The health system, which operates a 582-bed hospital and more than 25…

A growing share of U.S. patients are uploading lab results and imaging reports directly into AI chatbots such as ChatGPT before consulting a physician, a trend fueling hallucination, misinterpretation and privacy concerns among clinicians, The Wall Street Journal reported Aug.…

We recently ran a set of mock radiology examinations, modelled on the UK Royal College of Radiologists FRCR 2B Short Cases. Against a pass threshold of 73.2, our foundation model Harrison.Rad 1.5 scored a median of 86.5; GPT-5.4, the best…

As hospitals and health systems add C-suite roles to oversee AI, data, digital transformation and cybersecurity, the line between who owns what is becoming increasingly blurred. Beyond the traditional CIO and CTO, organizations frequently add specialized roles like the chief…

Ten of Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed’s facilities are still closed as the organization continues to grapple with a cybersecurity incident that began July 26. In an Aug. 7 notice published on its website, AnMed listed out the facilities that would be…