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OpenEvidence expands clinical AI across NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia, and Weill Cornell as Linux Foundation targets open-source health stack

Healthcare IT's week in review: clinical AI deployments scale across NYC, Delaware broadens HIE access, and an open-source health foundation launches.

AI agents for patient care draw $335 million in a single month as health tech investment accelerates

Four health tech companies closed major funding rounds in June 2026, with AI agent platforms for scheduling, chronic care, and home health leading the pack.

Healthcare's digital skills gap: why existing competency tools aren't built for the full workforce

Two major 2026 reviews expose a critical gap in how health systems measure and build digital competence across clinical and public health teams.

St. Kitts and Nevis launches national digital health platform covering 51,000 citizens

The NDHIS platform integrates EHRs, AI decision support, and health information exchange across St. Kitts and Nevis's entire healthcare ecosystem.

Clinical AI at a crossroads: skill decay, robotic surgery, and the wearable data frontier

Three converging developments are forcing health system operators to rethink how AI is deployed, governed, and evaluated across clinical settings.

Healthcare CIOs are shifting from AI deployment to AI governance

Health system technology leaders say the hard part of enterprise AI is no longer getting models live — it's keeping them accurate, accountable, and trusted by c

CMS launches dedicated health technology office as AI and interoperability pressure mounts on hospital IT teams

CMS's new Office of Health Technology and Products centralizes AI, interoperability, and digital health strategy — raising the stakes for hospital IT and procur

Medical device supply chains face persistent pressure as federal glove push falls short

From failed domestic glove manufacturing to hospital product shortages and a $1.5B heart valve market battle, medtech supply signals are shifting.

From Chaos to Control: Dr. Mo Canellas on AI, Emergency Medicine & Why Most “AI Companies” Fake It

Dr. Maureen "Mo" Canellas wears a lot of hats. She is the associate chief medical officer at UMass Memorial Medical Center, a researcher in machine learning and health care operations, a faculty collaborator at MIT, and a longtime contributor to the Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance. But th

Food as Medicine: Can What You Eat Replace the Medicine Bottle? - Adam Devito, Monj, and Maggie Biscarr, Food-as-Medicine SME

The Future of Healthcare Is Already Here: Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge on Virtual Care, AI, and Access

How Lived Experience Drives One's Clinical Practice Leadership - Patrick Makarewich, UTSouthwestern

Digital health enters a recalibration phase as ROI pressure reshapes the sector

Holland & Knight's mid-2026 healthcare trend report flags AI workflows, chronic disease management, and measurable outcomes as the defining forces in digital he

IQVIA's new white paper maps how digital health technologies can reshape CNS clinical trial endpoints

IQVIA's July 2026 white paper offers a practical framework for validating digital endpoints in CNS trials, covering sensors, software, and connected devices.

Clinical AI safety, intelligent ventilators, and payment accuracy: health tech's big moves on July 15

Five major health technology announcements dropped July 15, signaling that AI safety benchmarks, autonomous front-office tools, and smarter critical-care hardwa

Saudi Arabia's digital health push: what a $77 billion market means for enterprise operators

Saudi Arabia's healthcare spend is projected to hit $77.1B by 2027, with digital health revenue topping $1B and 16.2M users expected by 2029.

Healthcare CIOs shift focus from AI deployment to AI governance

Health system technology leaders report that the harder challenge is no longer getting AI running — it's keeping it accurate, accountable, and trusted in clinic

Healthcare digital transformation stalls when teams stay disconnected

More than 70% of healthcare executives call digital transformation a top priority, yet fragmented communication and information silos keep limiting results.

Gene therapies, early detection, and GLP-1 drugs are reshaping enterprise healthcare procurement

From FDA-cleared gene therapy for toddlers to blood tests predicting Alzheimer's onset, health advances are accelerating benefit plan and procurement decisions.

FDA clears UpDoc's LLM diabetes app, grants Aidoc breakthrough status as clinical AI crosses new regulatory thresholds

UpDoc gets FDA clearance for an LLM-driven diabetes management app; Aidoc earns breakthrough device status for AI-drafted radiology reports.

Cedars-Sinai's CDAIO on healthcare AI's second wave: workforce transformation, not just productivity

Cedars-Sinai's chief data and AI officer says the first wave of healthcare AI boosted productivity. The second wave will restructure jobs entirely.

Clinical AI, specialty pharmacy, and consolidation: what's reshaping healthcare operations right now

Nurses are co-designing AI tools, OpenAI is pitching hospitals directly, and specialty pharmacy M&A is accelerating. Here's what it means for health system oper

Healthcare's digital skills gap has a measurement problem, and new research is pushing for a fix

Two 2026 studies expose a critical gap: most digital health competency tools are nursing-focused, and the healthcare workforce lacks validated interprofessional

Healthcare AI deployments stall on data quality, not model performance

Hospital CIOs moving from AI pilots to enterprise scale are hitting the same wall: fragmented, poorly governed data, not the models themselves.

NHS commits £10bn to health tech, with ambient voice and pathology digitization at the center

NHS England is rolling out integrated ambient voice technology and pathology digitization as part of a £10bn tech funding commitment, with reviews suggesting £4

Canada launches Vital, a national hospital data platform backed by $210 million, starting with 160 hospitals

Canada's Vital platform will connect near real-time data from 160 hospitals in three provinces, backed by $210M in funding coordinated from Unity Health Toronto

Digital health enters a recalibration phase as ROI pressure reshapes procurement and AI workflows

Holland & Knight's mid-2026 healthcare trend report flags a sector-wide shift toward measurable outcomes, tighter AI governance, and chronic disease management.

Digital health's July 2026 signal: AI wearables, a new CMS office, and the telehealth billing fight

From a 99.6%-accurate cardiac patch to a new CMS AI office, digital health's mid-2026 developments carry real operational weight.

OpenLoop acquires AI communication platform Hey Revia as digital health M&A heats up

OpenLoop's acquisition of Hey Revia, FDA breakthrough status for Aurenar, and Sharecare's AWS tie-up headline a busy week in digital health.

Healthcare AI governance, data quality, and interoperability top industry agenda in mid-2026

Healthcare IT leaders are confronting AI governance gaps, data readiness challenges, and a $1.3M federal push to scale health data exchange.