U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden is urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Microsoft, saying weak security practices at the tech company helped enable a 2024 ransomware attack on St. Louis-based Ascension hospitals, Bloomberg reported Sept. 10. In a letter sent…

The new Apple Watch will include “powerful” new features such as hypertension notifications and sleep scores to keep wearers healthy, the tech giant said. For hypertension, the Apple Watch Series 11 will work passively in the background to review wearers’…

Oracle plans to roll out new artificial intelligence capabilities within its patient portal, allowing patients to ask questions and receive plain-language explanations of diagnoses, lab results and treatment options, the company announced during the Oracle Health and Life Sciences Summit…

Paramus, N.J.-based Bergen New Bridge Medical Center will implement Epic, with a launch date scheduled for early 2027. The transition is expected to support care across the hospital’s acute, behavioral health, long-term care and ambulatory settings. Two Bergen New Bridge…

Just as the EHR space exploded in the aughts, we are now seeing a frenzy of artificial intelligence activity. AI is poised to address longstanding industry challenges, but it also presents tough decisions for healthcare executives managing risks, resources and…

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health has built a 70-person “sales team for tech” that helps with all things Epic and clinicians can’t do without, the health system’s CIO told Becker’s. The 47-hospital system launched its Epic Academy in 2012 — it…

Clinician burnout remains one of the most urgent challenges in healthcare. In recent years, hospitals have turned to tools such as ambient documentation and virtual nursing, betting that AI could lighten the load by cutting down on paperwork and freeing…

New Britain, Conn.-based Hospital for Special Care will upgrade its EHR to Altera Digital Health’s Sunrise 25.1 and expanded its use of the platform under a renewed agreement that extends through 2032. The long-term acute care hospital will implement the…

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai will implement an AI-powered documentation platform from health tech company Regard at two of its hospitals to support clinicians and streamline diagnosis. The health system began working with Regard in 2017 through its startup accelerator program and…

Jeff Leek, PhD, vice president and chief data officer at Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, was named to the 2025 Time100 AI list for his role in launching the Cancer AI Alliance.  The initiative brings together leading cancer centers and…