Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health built a digital payment platform with Epic that is moving the health system away from paper billing.

Dozens of hospitals have placed artificial intelligence-powered "black boxes" in operating rooms to improve surgical safety and outcomes, MIT Technology Review reported.

Artificial intelligence is slated to unlock new value from years of EHR data, Sarah Hatchett, senior vice president and CIO of Cleveland Clinic, told Becker's.

Five-hundred physicians affiliated with Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital will be using AI ambient dictation technology from Microsoft's Nuance to help with documentation. 

CLEAR, the company known for biometric ID checks at airports, is partnering with InterSystems to enhance patient data management. 

St. Louis-based Ascension said hackers stole files that likely contained patient data during the recent cyberattack on the health system.

In the past five years, venture capital investments in artificial intelligence for healthcare have skyrocketed, expanding at twice the pace of the overall tech industry, according to a June 11 report from Silicon Valley Bank.

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine reduced patient portal messages to physicians by having medical assistants triage the communications.

While at-home monitoring is less common for kids, one children's hospital now has 11 remote management programs for its pediatric patients.

Nearly half of patients have yet to schedule a medical visit online, according to a survey by healthcare communications firm Jarrard Inc.

Boulder (Colo.) Community Health, a hospital composed of 2,400 employees, was once too small to work with EHR vendor Epic, hospital CEO and President Robert Vissers, MD, told the Denver Business Journal in a June 11 article. 

Cleveland-based University Hospitals added a new artificial intelligence platform to 13 of its hospitals and dozens of outpatient locations.

It's been a tough year for retail healthcare, with organizations such as Walmart, Walgreens' VillageMD and Dollar General all shuttering or scaling back services.

St. Louis-based Ascension has restored EHR access in 11 states in the wake of a recent cyberattack. 

Two senators accused UnitedHealthcare of violating HIPAA because the company has not sent out breach notifications for the February cyberattack on Change Healthcare, one of its subsidiaries. 

Federal authorities are investigating a 2023 data breach at a medical transcription company that may have compromised the personal information of up to 1.2 million patients at Chicago-based Cook County Health, NPR affiliate WBEZ reported June 10. 

In response to the rise in cyberattacks targeting U.S. healthcare systems, Google has engaged in a partnership with the White House to help rural hospitals. 

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From plans to launching a new app for Apple's Vision Pro headset to releasing artificial intelligence validation software, here is a look at EHR vendor Epic Systems' biggest moves so far in 2024: 

An executive with Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has left to join the leadership ranks of an artificial intelligence company.