Door County (Wis.) Medical Center is transitioning from its current Meditech EHR system to Epic. 

Hospitals are more likely to assess artificial intelligence and predictive models for accuracy than for potential biases, according to a study published Jan. 6 in Health Affairs.

Astoria, Ore.-based Columbia Memorial Hospital has rebranded to CMH.

The New Orleans Saints and Pelicans are extending their partnership with Ochsner Health, a key sponsor since 2005 for the Saints and 2012 for the Pelicans.

Mobile, Ala.-based USA Health has outsourced the management of its Oracle Health EHR to Healthcare IT Leaders.

More than 65,000 patients of San Francisco-based Dignity Health may have had their protected health information compromised in a September hack.

Labette Health, based in Parsons, Kan., is launching a unified EHR system with Meditech Expanse.

Orlando (Fla.) Health has rebranded Birmingham, Ala.-based Brookwood Baptist Health as Baptist Health, with the system's five hospitals adopting new names as part of the change:

Indiana University Health, based in Indianapolis, reported a security incident involving a team member's email account that may have exposed limited patient information, including a small number of Social Security numbers.

Centre County Judge Brian Marshall has granted preliminary approval to a $1.8 million settlement in a lawsuit against Mount Nittany Health, potentially providing payments to about 74,000 patients, Centre Daily Times reported Jan. 6.

UC San Diego Health is exploring the possibility of using artificial intelligence-supported cameras to detect potential patient issues — such as patient falls and bed sores — before they occur, the health system confirmed in a statement shared with Becker's.

While companies such as Epic and Oracle Health dominate the North American EHR market, that isn't the case everywhere.

Providence's venture capital arm has spun off from the health system and rebranded as Allumia Ventures.

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital has agreed to pay $6.8 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from a data breach that compromised the personal information of about 2.1 million individuals, Top Class Action reported Jan. 3.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has sold its proprietary behavioral health analytics model to Philadelphia-based NeuroFlow, a behavioral health technology company, to expand the model's reach and impact.

In 2025, health system IT and digital leaders plan to focus on the common (data and cybersecurity) and the novel (creative voice artificial intelligence and inpatient digital "highways").

Judy Faulkner, founder and CEO of Epic Systems, has embedded "caring" into the company culture.

Uvalde (Texas) Memorial Hospital has transitioned to the latest version of its Meditech EHR system, Meditech Expanse, Uvalde Leader-News reported Jan. 5.

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, Mass., and its parent organization, Boston-based Beth Israel Lahey Health, over a December 2023 data breach that exposed the personal and medical information of 316,342 patients.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Ardent Health plans to integrate 18 urgent care clinics recently acquired from Tempe, Ariz.-based NextCare Urgent Care into its Epic EHR.