Health IT news and digital transformation trends

More than 1 billion health records have been exchanged through the federal government’s national health information network in less than a year. The milestone reflects rapid growth of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, known as TEFCA, a nationwide…

Big tech is shedding workers by the thousands — the type of talent hospital IT departments have spent years trying to recruit. Are health systems taking advantage? For some, yes; for others, the right candidates have never been more available,…

Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare has launched wave 4 of its Oracle transformation initiative, dubbed “Vision 2030.” The initiative involves large-scale implementation of Oracle Health products. AtlantiCare plans to activate 20 new major solutions and more than 60 capabilities throughout the…

Software firm Pendo recently named 23-year-old Zain Lakhani its chief AI officer — part of a small but growing trend of companies elevating Gen Z “AI natives” to the C-suite, The Wall Street Journal reported June 25. “He’s got experiences…

Nurses are significantly less likely than physicians to report a strong EHR experience, a June 26 report from KLAS Research’s Arch Collaborative found. The report, which surveyed more than 121,000 clinicians across 92 organizations between May 2025 and May 2026,…

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has reduced MRI patient wait times by more than 60% in its Northwest region using an FDA-cleared AI tool that shortens scan duration without degrading image quality. The AI solution reduces image noise during MRI scans,…

For years, AI has mostly played a supporting role in clinical care — flagging a suspicious scan, drafting a note, summarizing a chart. Federal health officials are now reaching for something far more autonomous: AI agents that can take clinical…

Epic’s momentum continued in June as the EHR giant added new customers, expanded its AI capabilities, advanced large-scale implementations and shared its vision for the future through comments from founder and CEO Judy Faulkner. Here are 11 Epic updates Becker’s…

AI has the potential to lift everyone — not just the innovators and early adopters.

Stryker has filed a motion to dismiss a consolidated class-action lawsuit stemming from the March 11 cyberattack that disrupted its business operations. Eight current and former Stryker employees sued the medical device maker within 48 hours of the company’s announcement…