Health IT news and digital transformation trends

The debate over whether AI will eventually outdiagnose — or even replace — physicians rages on. But Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner is skeptical. During a June 23 interview with Ms. Faulkner at Aspen Ideas: Health in Colorado, Jon…

As patient portal use continues to grow, Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center is exploring whether AI can help patients get answers faster while reducing administrative burden on clinicians. The health system launched an AI-powered assistant inside its patient portal…

Orthopedic practices are running full clinic and surgical schedules while documentation demands keep climbing, pushing physicians into after-hours charting and capping how many patients they can see. Ambient AI has become a near-ubiquitous documentation aid, but the more pressing question…

A digital extortion group known as ShinyHunters claims to have stolen 8.8 terabytes of data from Amazon One Medical’s senior care business, BankInfoSecurity reported June 19. The group is threatening to release the data publicly. In a June 18 post…

Nearly 3 in 10 U.S. adults now use AI tools for health information at least monthly, a figure that has nearly doubled over the last two years and now rivals the share of adults who seek health advice on social…

Health system leaders are racing to deploy artificial intelligence, but Tomas Gregorio, senior vice president and chief digital information officer at Care New England Health System in Providence, R.I., believes the industry is outrunning its ability to govern it. Care…

Health systems have been making big investments in smart room technology to give patients and clinicians a safer, more connected and user-friendly experience. Executives say the return on investment comes from enhanced staff and patient satisfaction, as well as from…

Oracle reduced its workforce by 21,000 employees in fiscal 2026, according to the company’s annual 10-K filing. The software giant cut its global staff by 13% to 141,000 full-time workers as of May 31 — down from 162,000 a year…

A data breach involving healthcare AI company Xsolis has ensnared multiple health systems. Xsolis, which provides utilization management and care coordination technology for health systems, reported the targeted phishing attack June 5, noting that on Jan. 20 an unauthorized person…

AI has outperformed physicians on emergency diagnoses, flagged pancreatic cancer up to three years early and beat specialized clinical software on medical benchmarks across several studies Becker’s has covered in recent months. But the studies raise as many questions as…