The state of New York will allocate more than $300 million to hospitals for health IT upgrades, cybersecurity enhancements and telehealth expansion. The funding will support 22 projects through the Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program IV and V, according…

EHRs need to be interoperable, secure and automated for healthcare to thrive, according to Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Health and Life Sciences. Here are five EHR notes from her Dec. 9 blog post on…

Nearly one in three nonfederal acute care hospitals in the U.S. reported using generative artificial intelligence integrated into their electronic health record in 2024, according to a national survey analysis published Dec. 12 in JAMA Network Open. The findings are…

MLS’ Sporting KC plans to wear jersey patches featuring the name and logo of Kansas City, Mo.-based Saint Luke’s Health System in 2026. The two organizations said Dec. 12 they struck a multiyear agreement that also makes Saint Luke’s the…

Clinical informatics leaders expect 2026 to bring accelerating demands, tightening resources and an AI landscape evolving faster than governance and frontline workflows can absorb. Among CMIOs and CNIOs, the consensus is clear: Transformation is outpacing the structures meant to support…

The NAACP is appealing for the “equity-first” implementation of healthcare AI, ensuring the technology reduces and doesn’t widen health disparities. The civil rights organization partnered with pharma giant Sanofi to release a whitepaper Dec. 11 outlining how to fuse “fairness,…

CMS’ upcoming ACCESS payment model is being billed as a turning point in how chronic care is reimbursed and managed — aiming to tie payments to patient outcomes and expand the use of digital tools. While health system CIOs see…

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham has spun out an AI startup it says represents a “breakthrough” for clinical trial patient identification. The academic health system said Dec. 12 it launched AIwithCare, which deploys AI in the EHR to match patients…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Dec. 11 to block states from creating AI regulations outside of the existing federal frameworks to spur growth and adoption across industries. In the executive order, President Trump said his administration’s efforts to…

Seventeen healthcare organizations using Epic’s software connected to a federally backed health information network in November. The organizations began participating in the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement in November, an Epic spokesperson told Becker’s. TEFCA, a government-led initiative launched…