Health IT news and digital transformation trends

At least 16 hospitals and health systems are searching for permanent chief information officers, but CEOs say they are looking for something broader than the traditional technology executive. As AI reshapes healthcare and digital strategy moves closer to the center…

Rockville Centre, N.Y.-based Catholic Health and GE HealthCare have signed a 10-year, approximately $500 million strategic partnership, known as a Care Alliance, to modernize imaging and diagnostic technology across the six-hospital system. The agreement, unveiled July 16, will add more…

San Francisco-based Bunkerhill Health raised $55 million in Series B funding July 16 to expand its Carebricks agentic AI platform — bringing total funding to $55 million across its seed, Series A and Series B rounds, according to a news…

Ask a health system CIO which of their peers does technology best, and most have an answer ready. Ask them to size up their own budgets against the industry, or to name the executive title healthcare could live without, and…

A cyberattack on New Jersey law firm Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis has exposed data on 12,801 patients across three health systems in the state. Greenbaum discovered unauthorized access to its systems through a compromised user account in November 2025…

San Francisco-based UCSF Health has launched UCSF Health Converge, an AI accelerator built with Kleiner Perkins and Doerr Capital that embeds startups directly inside the health system’s clinical operations. The program takes an “inside-out” approach, selecting a small number of…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has deployed roughly 150 AI models across its health system, CNN reported July 16.  The tally, according to Matthew Callstrom, MD, a radiologist and medical director of the health system’s generative AI program, spans tools built…

The American Medical Association is launching an initiative to develop and deploy SNOMED CT to CPT terminology mappings that support electronic prior authorization. The project aims to reduce administrative burden for physicians and help patients receive timely care by connecting…

IT departments used to be judged on whether they could deploy software on time. CIOs say that bar has moved: The job now is redesigning clinical workflows, owning outcomes alongside clinicians, and building governance into every AI implementation from day…

CMS is proposing a Medicare payment ban for remote patient monitoring services delivered by third-party vendors. Here are six things to know: 1. The proposed rule, released July 14 as part of the 2027 physician fee schedule, would allow payment…