Hospital CEOs are asking their CIOs for more than technical promises before approving large-scale EHR or AI projects. Executives want evidence of measurable impact on strategy, finances, workforce satisfaction and patient care. “At Val Verde Regional Medical Center, when looking…

For New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, the future of innovation isn’t just about adopting new technology — it’s about using it to unlock the full potential of its people. By investing in automation and AI through its venture arm,…

Oracle Health had a busy August, with an AI-powered EHR rollout for ambulatory providers and new interoperability moves. Here are 11 times Becker’s reported on the EHR vendor in the past month. 1. Logan Health Shelby (Mont.) hospital said Aug.…

Two U.S. senators are pressing UnitedHealth Group for answers on what they deemed “predatory” tactics from the company in seeking loan repayments from healthcare providers related to the 2024 Change Healthcare cyberattack. U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Ron Wyden,…

New York City-based Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has developed a machine learning model to estimate disease risk from rare genetic variants using routine clinical data. The model was trained on more than 1 million EHRs to quantify…

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a rural healthcare roundtable and press conference in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 28 to highlight new investments in rural health initiatives. The event focused…

Epic Systems, based in Verona, Wis., is among more than 60 companies partnering with the Trump administration on a federal initiative aimed at improving how patients and providers access and share health data, The CapTimes reported Aug. 29. The project,…

Hammond-Henry Hospital and its family practice and walk-in clinics will transition to Epic as its EHR system on Sept. 21. The Geneseo, Ill.-based hospital has used Meditech since 1999. The new system will be hosted by UnityPoint through the Epic…

CMS has rolled out the “Crushing Fraud Chili Cook‑Off Competition,” a  market-based research challenge seeking explainable AI and machine learning to detect Medicare fraud, waste and abuse. The challenge also seeks innovative, scalable technologies that reduce labor-intensive processes “while keeping…

State College, Pa.-based Mount Nittany Health is switching to Epic in May to adopt the latest health IT breakthroughs and give clinicians a platform they’ve been pining for. The health system, which is anchored by a 260-bed hospital, started implementing…