AI’s role in healthcare is no longer a question of if but how. In a Sept. 10 keynote at the Oracle Health and Life Sciences Summit in Orlando, Oracle Industries President Mike Sicilia and OpenAI Vice President of Health Nate…

More than 100,000 Americans are waiting for organ transplants, and each day, an average of 13 die before a donor becomes available. Despite broad public support for organ donation — surveys suggest nearly 9 in 10 adults are in favor…

Competency tracking is an important part of nursing professional development, used to ensure new hires and experienced staff are meeting skills requirements tied to orientation, annual education and regulatory standards. At Chicago-based Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of…

Hospitals and imaging providers are under pressure to deliver more. Study volumes are rising. AI is driving new demands, and clinicians expect imaging to be instantly available, regardless of size, modality, or age. Yet storage strategies haven’t kept pace. Most…

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger and Microsoft’s Nuance Communications have agreed to a $5 million settlement over a 2023 data breach that affected 1.2 million patients. Patients sued the organizations in a class-action lawsuit after the data of 1.2 million patients was…

The American Medical Association is supporting new federal enforcement measures aimed at curbing information blocking, a practice the group says has long impeded patient care and physician efficiency. Here are five things to know:

Some new college graduates with AI expertise are making as much as $1 million a year, according to the Wall Street Journal. But health system CIOs say the trend looks very different inside healthcare. The Wall Street Journal reported Aug.…

Larry Ellison, co-founder, chair and chief technology officer of Oracle, said he believes his company can take on EHR rival Epic due to its size and integrated approach. “We decided to go into the medical business against Epic, believing that…

When Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Health and Life Sciences took the stage to kick off the Oracle Health and Life Sciences Summit, she set the tone for the days ahead: artificial intelligence is no…

Community Medical Center in Falls City, Neb., has implemented Epic through a partnership with Bryan Health. The launch occurred Sept. 6 after a yearlong collaboration between the two organizations. Community Medical Center is the first hospital outside Bryan Health to…