Health IT news and digital transformation trends

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NewYork-Presbyterian will deploy OpenEvidence’s clinical AI tool across all of its hospitals and care sites. The tool will also be available to the New York City-based health system’s academic partners, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill…

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health’s $1.5 billion Pearl innovation district generated an estimated $224 million in economic impact during its first year of operation. Developed through a public-private partnership between Atrium Health and Wexford Science & Technology, the innovation district opened…

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health is partnering with Vega Health to deploy an AI-powered patient screening tool for its hospital-at-home program.  The collaboration marks Baptist’s first integration of Vega Health’s AI infrastructure platform, according to a July 9 news release from…

Federal regulators have delayed a final update to the HIPAA Security Rule until at least July 2027 while continuing work on other healthcare regulations focused on patient access and interoperability, BankInfoSecurity reported July 8. Here are six things to know:

When Stephanie Hines took the chief information officer role at Valleywise Health roughly 18 months ago, she walked into an organization with real assets. She had a talented staff, strong clinical programs and a clear mission serving Maricopa County’s most…

A former Mayo Clinic research director has sued the health system, alleging she was demoted and ultimately fired after repeatedly raising concerns about the health system’s oversight of artificial intelligence research projects. Traci Tamiko Eto filed the lawsuit July 6…

Over the past seven months, HHS has moved from talking about AI as a hospital efficiency tool to actively funding and defending the idea of AI that diagnoses, prescribes and treats patients largely on its own.  Here’s a look at…

Ruthia He, founder and former CEO of a digital mental health company, has been sentenced to six years in prison and fined $1 million for her role in a scheme involving the unlawful distribution of Adderall, healthcare fraud and obstruction…

Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s Health System has begun transitioning its electronic health record system to Epic, with the implementation expected to be completed by summer 2027. More than 5,000 physicians, nurses and staff across the health system’s three hospital campuses, as…