https://healthtechmagazine.net/ en https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2026/09/ai-changing-cyberattacks-are-healthcare-incident-response-plans-ready For years, healthcare IT teams have built their cybersecurity plans based on a stable assumption: Both the good guys and the bad guys work at human speed, have human capabilities and follow logical paths in their thinking.  Artificial intelligence is changing all of that. On the attacker side, hackers are accelerating their lateral movement and privilege escalation with AI-controlled agents that bring truly novel attacks to the table. But on the defender side, security operation centers can use AI tools to correlate alert data, bubble up the most important issues and even react in… Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:59:00 -0400 Joel Snyder https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2026/09/ai-changing-cyberattacks-are-healthcare-incident-response-plans-ready https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2026/09/fair-hospitals-what-ransomware-shutdown-really-costs A ransomware shutdown in healthcare could cost $1.9 million per day on average, according to one 2024 report. The good news is that the average cost for healthcare providers to rebound from a ransomware incident dropped from $2.6 million in 2024 to just over $1 million in 2025, according to the “State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2025” report from Sophos. Still, given how serious ransomware threats are, health systems face challenges to build the right budget to protect against these attacks. Frameworks such as Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR) provide a model for how to gauge the… Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:55:48 -0400 Brian T. Horowitz https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2026/09/fair-hospitals-what-ransomware-shutdown-really-costs https://healthtechmagazine.net/media/video/connected-care-how-childrens-hospital-colorado-moved-data-silos-data-driven-decisions For data to have a positive impact on patient care, it must be quality and accessible. That’s why the Analytics Resource Center at Children’s Hospital Colorado has focused on improving data management by offering clinicians custom-built, self-service dashboards within the electronic medical record. “Our clinical teams contribute a lot of data to the electronic health record, but really extracting that data in a meaningful way can be a challenge,” says Miriam Conant, director of patient safety for the health system. “Doing so has allowed us to achieve some pretty incredible outcomes.” For… Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:03:31 -0400 https://healthtechmagazine.net/media/video/connected-care-how-childrens-hospital-colorado-moved-data-silos-data-driven-decisions https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2026/08/training-next-generation-clinicians-ehr-perfcon Medical students may be comfortable using digital tools, but that does not mean they are prepared for the electronic health record demands of residency. New clinicians must navigate the EHR to review extensive patient histories, manage orders and document decisions while keeping pace with clinical workflows. Meanwhile, artificial intelligence–powered ambient listening tools are transforming documentation from a writing task into one that requires clinicians to edit, verify and accept responsibility for AI-generated text. It’s important that medical students get early, hands-on training in the… Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:58:55 -0400 Nathan Eddy https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2026/08/training-next-generation-clinicians-ehr-perfcon https://healthtechmagazine.net/magazine/issue/2026/9/fall-2026 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:49:14 -0400 https://healthtechmagazine.net/magazine/issue/2026/9/fall-2026 https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2026/08/health-systems-can-look-their-peers-ai-inspiration At the end of May, I attended a discussion on artificial intelligence and healthcare hosted by the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School at the school’s Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C.  The speakers were Ziad Obermeyer, Blue Cross of California Distinguished Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of California, Berkeley, and Zachary Lipton, assistant professor of operations research and machine learning at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business. Dr. Emily Boss, physician and professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public… Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:41:58 -0400 Teta Alim https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2026/08/health-systems-can-look-their-peers-ai-inspiration https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2026/08/federal-medical-scientists-are-using-llms-research-co-pilots As the volume of medical research continues to grow, keeping up to date on recent findings can be challenging. The number of cancer-related publications listed in the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed citation database, for instance, has more than doubled since 2005, according to news platform OncoDaily. To help researchers sift through this deep pool of data, some federal agencies are employing large language model (LLM) functionality. This includes the National Cancer Institute, which used a chatbot feature it had added to its Fellows and Young Investigators (FYI) app to onboard fellows… Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:09:19 -0400 Erin Brereton https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2026/08/federal-medical-scientists-are-using-llms-research-co-pilots https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2026/08/what-healthcare-cios-should-prioritize-they-modernize-their-epic-infrastructure As a widely used electronic health records system, Epic now connects with medical imaging, analytics, artificial intelligence and numerous clinical workflows, making the infrastructure beneath it central to care delivery, operational resilience and long-term data strategy. This means Epic modernization must go beyond the conventional infrastructure refresh: Over the next three to five years, healthcare CIOs must balance uptime, consistent performance, cyber recovery and cost control simultaneously. “Epic, and EHRs in general, are no longer isolated applications,” says Chris Kopinski, head of… Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:42:48 -0400 Nathan Eddy https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2026/08/what-healthcare-cios-should-prioritize-they-modernize-their-epic-infrastructure https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2026/08/should-your-health-system-outsource-soc The dark web and threat actors have been targeting the healthcare industry for years, but the threats are improving in accuracy, legitimacy and damage as artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve. Given these advances, the staffed IT department at a hospital may lack the training and 24/7 coverage needed to maintain a strong security operations center, or SOC. Without the manpower to constantly monitor the system’s devices and network against threats, healthcare leadership may consider outsourcing the role of a SOC to a trusted, third-party vendor. Click the banner below to read CDW's… Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:38:17 -0400 Alexandra Shimalla https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2026/08/should-your-health-system-outsource-soc https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2026/08/health-systems-centers-excel-care-coordination To the left, a team of transfer center nurses coordinates intake processes for patients arriving from other facilities. Nearby, clinical expeditors identify and resolve any issues that might delay important procedures or disrupt patient flow. Separately, a rapid response team monitors high-risk patients for signs of deterioration. Welcome to Tampa General Hospital’s TGH Care Coordination Center (otherwise known as C3), an 8,000-square-foot space described as the hospital’s “nerve center.” It houses everyone from transport dispatchers to a dedicated environmental services team, sitting on the… Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:33:08 -0400 Chris Hayhurst https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2026/08/health-systems-centers-excel-care-coordination