Health IT news and digital transformation trends

CMS is rapidly reshaping the federal health technology landscape, rolling out a series of initiatives over the past three months that touch nearly every stage of digital healthcare, from how AI tools are paid for and how prior authorizations are…

Stanford University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School researchers ranked 24 AI systems by clinical safety in a new benchmark study, finding four medical-specialized tools topped the list in a statistical tie. The findings come from NOHARM (Numerous Options…

EHRs are among the largest investments health systems will ever make, with some reaching into the billions — and, in one case, tens of billions — of dollars. Here are the priciest EHR installations on record, according to Becker’s reporting…

Becker’s recently asked the CIOs and chief digital officers of the 200 largest U.S. health systems two questions: What is the most overhyped trend in healthcare IT, and what are you truly most excited about? For a notable number of…

Craneware, whose software is used by hospitals and health systems across the U.S., disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to a subset of its data environment. The Edinburgh, Scotland-based company reported the incident in a July 20 filing with…

More than 85% of Epic’s customers are now using its AI tools, and independent data from KLAS Research show clinicians who use them report a notably better EHR experience than those who don’t, though a training gap appears to be…

Artificial intelligence continues to reshape healthcare, but relatively few innovations have the potential to fundamentally change how musculoskeletal disorders are identified before patients ever require surgery. That is what made Xenco Medical’s unveiling of XenVision at SIGGRAPH 2026 particularly notable.…

The pandemic revealed a demand for telehealth, forcing the healthcare industry to rethink how and where care could be delivered.  Patients and providers alike discovered that high-quality care doesn’t have to mean an in-person visit. Hospitals, health systems and healthcare…

For a critical access hospital in rural Iowa, a failed technology bet isn’t an abstract risk. It’s a resource problem. Mahaska Health CIO Bob Berbeco said that reality shapes every decision that comes across his desk, especially when they’re AI…

El Camino Health has a particular vantage point on what technology adoption can look like. The Mountain View, Calif.-based system sits in Silicon Valley, draws patients from the region’s technology industry. Over the last year, El Camino has moved from…