Healthcare AI adoption accelerates, but few pilots reach implementation: report

Healthcare leaders are excited about AI, but projects are often held up by security, data and other challenges, according to an analysis by Bessemer Venture Partners, Amazon Web Services and Bain & Company.

By Emily Olsen • April 22, 2025

From vision to reality: How AI is transforming healthcare

Explore the evolution of Microsoft’s latest AI clinical solution and learn how it will transform the way clinicians work.

By Kenneth Harper • April 21, 2025

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Interoperability

Interoperability is a long term-challenge for the healthcare industry, but the Trump administration has big ambitions to improve data sharing and patient access — even though its plans so far have few details.

By Healthcare Dive staff

Budget draft outlines Trump’s plan to slash federal health programs

An OMB document proposes to cut the HHS budget by roughly one-third as well as eliminate several divisions and programs.

By Sydney Halleman • April 17, 2025

Surescripts receives QHIN status under TEFCA

The addition of the e-prescribing giant’s information exchange brings the total number of Qualified Health Information Networks to nine.

By Emily Olsen • April 17, 2025

A judge blocked the FDA’s plan to regulate LDTs. What now?

One attorney said the ruling “isn’t quite the stake in the heart.” The FDA is unlikely to challenge the court’s decision, but Congress could still pass legislation addressing LDT regulation

By Susan Kelly • April 16, 2025

DaVita hit by ransomware attack

The kidney dialysis firm doesn’t have an estimate for how long disruption from the attack will last, though DaVita stressed it’s continuing to provide patient care.

By Emily Olsen • April 15, 2025

Google Cloud expands AI agent tools for healthcare

The tech giant unveiled a centralized hub where organizations can access pre-built agents as well as a protocol that allows multiple agents to communicate with one another, regardless of the technology stack used to build them.

By Emily Olsen • April 10, 2025

Late-stage digital health funding rebounds in Q1: Rock Health

The median deal size for late-stage funding rounds was $105 million, nearly double the $55 million check size across 2024.

By Emily Olsen • April 9, 2025

Kandu Health merges with BCI company Neurolutions

The merger brings together Neurolutions’ brain computer interface technology and Kandu Health’s telehealth services to try and improve stroke care.

By Nick Paul Taylor • April 9, 2025

How this healthcare company cracked the code on making AI actionable — and safe

The real challenge of AI in healthcare? Making sense of the patient story buried in the data.

By Eric Schrock, CTO and Head of Evidence Generation Solutions at OM1 • April 7, 2025

VA names 9 medical centers for Oracle EHR in 2026

The sites include four medical centers and their associated clinics in Ohio, three in Indiana, one in Kentucky and another site in Alaska.

By Emily Olsen • April 3, 2025

HHS layoffs could imperil medical device cybersecurity, Democrats say

The Food and Drug Administration, which oversees medical devices, has 3,500 jobs on the chopping block — which could hinder cybersecurity oversight, Democrats said during a House subcommittee hearing.

By Emily Olsen • April 2, 2025

The silent crisis in hospital administration. Can AI be the solution?

America’s hospitals face staffing and cost crises, but AI assistants offer hope through automation and smart management.

March 31, 2025

AI scribes lessen clinician burnout, but financial impact unclear: report

Early adopters of the documentation tools report positive impacts on clinician burnout and cognitive load, but their effect on productivity and financial performance is unclear, according to the Peterson Health Technology Institute.

By Emily Olsen • March 27, 2025

Solventum cuts 800 positions

CEO Bryan Hanson told investors last week that the restructuring plan would save the medical supply and health IT company $120 million annually.

By Ricky Zipp • March 26, 2025

23andMe files for bankruptcy; CEO Anne Wojcicki resigns

The DNA testing company plans to sell its assets after the board rejected an acquisition proposal from Wojcicki.

By Elise Reuter • March 24, 2025

Why HCA is ‘all in’ on surgical robotics

Thomas Payne, HCA Healthcare’s national medical director of robotics, explains how the largest U.S. health system is vetting a new crop of market entrants.

By Susan Kelly • March 24, 2025

Balancing innovation and compliance: A risk-smart approach to digital evolution

AI platforms streamline healthcare compliance, automate workflows, and enhance efficiency while ensuring data security.

By Robert Connely • March 24, 2025

The future of pharmacy benefits: The shift to insourcing PBM services

The pharmacy benefit landscape is shifting. With rising costs, limited transparency, and rigid structures imposed by legacy pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), organizations are considering a bold move—bringing their PBM operations in-house.

March 24, 2025

DEA, HHS delay telehealth buprenorphine prescribing rule again

The final rule, which allows registered clinicians to prescribe up to an initial six-month supply of the drug used to treat opioid use disorder via telehealth, will now go into effect Dec. 31.

By Emily Olsen • March 21, 2025

Veradigm releases long-awaited financial results

The health IT vendor hadn’t filed quarterly or annual reports since November 2022. Veradigm was delisted from Nasdaq for failing to comply with financial reporting requirements last year.

By Emily Olsen • March 20, 2025

Quest, Google team on gen AI; GE Healthcare plans autonomous imaging

GE Healthcare, Synchron and robotics companies were among the medtech firms that used Nvidia’s GTC 2025 conference to share updates on their work with the AI computing leader.

By Nick Paul Taylor • March 20, 2025

Hospital-at-home companies DispatchHealth, Medically Home to merge

DispatchHealth CEO Jennifer Webster will lead the combined company once the deal closes, which is expected in mid-2025.

By Emily Olsen • March 19, 2025

Congress extends Medicare telehealth flexibilities for 6 months

Telehealth groups celebrated the extension, but added that the short-term reprieve means continued uncertainty for providers.

By Emily Olsen • March 18, 2025

Navigating the 2024 proposed HIPAA security rule amendments

A new proposed rule aims to significantly amend the HIPAA security rule — these are the key updates to know.

By Steven W. Teppler and Carly Rothstein • March 14, 2025