Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Wisconsin Department of Health Services selected Epic to build a statewide EHR system, a spokesperson for the agency confirmed to Becker’s. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services could not provide additional specifics as it is in the process of negotiating…

Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed is experiencing a cybersecurity disruption involving malware that forced the closure of dozens of clinics and imaging locations across its network Monday. The four-hospital system said it is working with third-party cybersecurity specialists and state and federal…

Three months into the role, Inderpal Kohli is laying the groundwork at Newark, N.J.-based University Hospital, from a major ERP migration to a deliberately cautious approach to AI. Mr. Kohli’s appointment as CIO of Newark, N.J.-based University Hospital was announced…

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, FBI and five other federal partners have updated a joint advisory warning that Iranian-affiliated hackers are now targeting programmable logic controllers (aka PLCs) made by Siemens and Schneider Electric. The July 22 update adds…

U.S. Reps. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., and Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, have introduced the AI Kill Switch Act, legislation that would require developers of the most powerful AI systems to maintain the technical ability to throttle, suspend or shut down their models.…

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-based physician David Antonio Becerril, MD, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for his role in a telehealth-linked scheme that defrauded Medicare, according to the Department of Justice. Chief U.S. District Judge Stanley A. Bastian of…

For a growing number of health systems, the Epic go-live or upgrade is no longer primarily an information technology project. It is a patient experience strategy. Kerry Heinrich, president and CEO of Adventist Health in Roseville, Calif., is preparing one…

Health systems have become increasingly disciplined about vetting AI before it goes live, building out governance committees, model reviews and risk assessments. What happens after go-live is often a different story. Once an AI tool is deployed, responsibility for watching…

Tech budgets at Mountain View, Calif.-based El Camino Health are absorbing a price increase that has nothing to do with vendors relabeling old tools as AI, Deb Muro, the health system’s CIO told Becker’s. The pressure is coming from further…

Virtual care provider Teladoc Health launched a virtual care model that it said aims to replace fragmented, condition-by-condition care with a single, adaptive experience built around each patient’s full health needs, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. The…