Health IT news and digital transformation trends

The AI vendor market has never looked like this. Health system CIOs are fielding pitches from dozens of startups on a regular basis, many genuinely capable but most unproven at enterprise scale, and the pressure to act is high while…

At Valleywise Health, the public safety net system for Maricopa County in Phoenix, technology decisions don’t get made without a financial case attached. That discipline predates the current funding environment, but it has grown sharper as Medicaid reductions take hold…

Epic named four executives who will take on expanded responsibilities following President Sumit Rana’s departure, according to a statement from Founder and CEO Judy Faulkner shared with Becker’s. Ms. Faulkner said Seth Howard, Mark Lipsky, Erv Walter and Garrett Adams…

AdaptHealth is investigating a cybersecurity incident after determining that unauthorized access to its systems resulted in the exfiltration of patient data and insurance billing information. According to a July 2 Securities and Exchange Commission filing, the home medical equipment provider…

Nurse AI adoption is accelerating faster than hospitals are building strategies to support it, a report from Incredible Health found. Healthcare staffing company Incredible Health released its 2026 Annual State of Nursing report July 7. The findings are based on…

Epic expanded its international hospital footprint in 2025 despite one of the slowest years for hospital EHR purchasing outside the U.S., according to a July 7 report from KLAS Research. KLAS found global hospital EHR purchasing decisions fell to one…

As health systems race to adopt new AI capabilities, Walnut Creek, Calif.-based John Muir Health has found that one of the best ways to prepare its EHR for innovation is to avoid unnecessary customization. The health system’s approach is to…

One Brooklyn Health said it has selected Hellocare.ai as its enterprise partner for AI-assisted virtual care delivery, the New York City-based health system said in a June 15 news release. The deployment covers two modules: AI-assisted virtual nursing and telehealth,…

Epic’s approach to maintaining its position atop the KLAS rankings has been rooted in consistency rather than reinvention, according to founder and CEO Judy Faulkner. For the 16th consecutive year, Epic was named the top Overall Health System Suite by…

For much of the past year, the loudest voices in tech warned that AI was coming for the workforce, The Wall Street Journal reported July 5.  Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said in May 2025 that AI could wipe out half…