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Health systems are increasing their use of Microsoft’s ambient AI for clinical documentation. Here are four things to know from a July 30 Microsoft earnings call: 1. Microsoft had a “breakout” fiscal 2025 for the use of its Dragon Copilot (aka DAX), which ambiently listens to patient visits and drafts clinical notes for the EHR, […]

Waukon, Iowa-based Veterans Memorial Hospital is trying out a unique approach to sign up users for the MyChart patient portal attached to its new Epic EHR. Visitors to the hospital’s tent at a local festival, Waukon Corn Days, on Aug. 1, are invited to play “MyChart Trivia” and enroll in the patient portal, according to […]

The CIO role continues to grow to encompass enterprise-wide digital transformation. Here are three ways the role is changing, according to a Jul 29 Forbes Research article: 1. CIOs are more likely than any other C-suite leaders to prioritize upskilling employees as a growth strategy over the next two years (36%, up from 24% in […]

Mary Williams has been named vice president of marketing and communications for the central region of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health. She joined the organization as a consultant in 2009, most recently serving as the central region’s director of communications. Before going into healthcare, she worked as a broadcast journalist for KMTV, the CBS affiliate in Omaha, […]

The former chief marketing officer of Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has joined University of Miami in the same role. Tanya Andreadis was named senior vice president and chief marketing, communications and digital officer of University of Miami in June. She served as vice president and chief marketing and engagement officer for Penn Medicine from 2021 to […]

Oracle Health has filed data breach reports in three states after a hack at the EHR vendor earlier this year. The company, formerly known as Cerner, submitted the reports in July to California, South Carolina and Texas. It said 4,082 Texans and 2,989 South Carolinians were affected, while not specifying a number for California. The […]

Healthcare providers have repaid nearly two-thirds of the loans dispersed by UnitedHealth Group following the 2024 cyberattack on its claims processing subsidiary, Change Healthcare. The healthcare giant distributed $9.03 billion in loans after the February 2024 ransomware attack on Change Healthcare left many providers unable to process payments. Providers paid back $1.29 billion of the […]

The hospitals that made U.S. News & World Report‘s Best Hospitals 2025-26 Honor Roll are also some of the most advanced for IT and digital technologies. Here are the IT leaders of the 20 hospitals that were named best in the nation July 29 by U.S. News: AdventHealth Orlando (Fla.): Duncan Grodack has been executive […]

Ambience Healthcare, which provides ambient AI to health systems for clinical documentation, has raised $243 million to increase its valuation to over $1 billion. The startup said July 29 it secured the series C funding co-led by venture capital firms Oak HC/FT and Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors included OpenAI Startup Fund and Optum Ventures. Ambience […]

Torrance Memorial Physician Network, part of Torrance (Calif.) Memorial, has saved time with Oracle Health’s Clinical AI Agent. Here are four things to know from a July 24 Oracle news release: 1. Torrance Memorial Physician Network adopted the Clinical AI Agent in July 2024 to listen to patient visits and generate draft notes for the […]