Your AI diagnostic tools get paid for as though they consumed supplies and staff time. CMS now concedes that math never worked, and a new proposed classification would change how these services are counted and valued. Source: CMS Proposes New Medicare Payment Category for Clinical Software on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Your AI addendum probably covers patient records. It almost certainly says nothing about the embeddings and fine-tuning datasets a vendor keeps after termination. New European procurement guidance names the items your contract is missing. Source: EU Agency for Cyber Issues Guidance on AI Supply Chain Blind Spots in Vendor Contracts on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Thirty-one new data elements sounds like a heavy lift. Half are already running in certified health IT today, and the version your team can actually upgrade to is still v6. The gap between them is where planning gets complicated. Source: Health Systems Face USCDI v7 Planning Gap as v6 Certification Window Just Opens on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Your detection tooling is sharper than it has ever been. New Health-ISAC data suggests that may be the wrong thing to feel good about, because the function that decides how fast care resumes scores lowest of all five. Source: H-ISAC Survey Reveals Recovery is Weakest Link in Cyber Maturity on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The health sector's most influential cyber policy body is about to change hands. Greg Garcia is stepping away after nine years, and the search for his successor reveals what the next leader will inherit. Source: HSCC Launches Search for Cybersecurity Leader as Garcia Plans Retirement on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Going all-in on one revenue cycle vendor promises simplicity, but breadth alone rarely delivers. A new KLAS report reveals which factor actually separates the deep adopters who win from those who stall. Source: Deep RCM Adopters Say Vendor Partnership Decides Whether Consolidation Pays Off, KLAS Finds on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Best in KLAS standing won't save an ERP project when the consultants running it are stretched thin. New KLAS data shows satisfaction slipping across every major firm, and reveals what separates the engagements that hold together from those that fray. Source: ERP Services Satisfaction Slips as Staffing Constraints Squeeze Health System Engagements, KLAS Finds on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Most CIOs judge a new Epic module on price and maturity. One academic health system adopted an unfinished ERP tool anyway, betting that native clinical integration would pay off in ways bolted-on systems never could. Source: U of Iowa Health Care’s Blum Says Epic’s Growing ERP Suite Promises to Deliver What Bolted-On Tools Can’t on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Turning on more AI tools looks like progress until the fourth one stops helping. New KLAS data shows where clinician gains actually come from, and why most adopters say no one taught them to use what they have. Source: AI Training Gap Leaves Clinicians Unprepared as Health Systems Rush Deployment, KLAS Finds on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

That 20% application reduction target on the fiscal-year plan will likely finish closer to 5%. Two application leaders explain where the savings go, why usage counts mislead, and when keeping the tool is the cheaper call. Source: Application Rationalization Is Necessary Work, but Sometimes the Juice Isn’t Worth the Squeeze, Panelists Say on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Your vendor's 30-day patch SLA looked reasonable when humans found the bugs. Frontier AI models changed that math, and Health-ISAC says the contract language protecting your clinical systems is now the weakest link. Source: H-ISAC: Frontier AI Leaves Third-Party Patch Timelines Obsolete on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Everyone assumes the AI race rewards whoever picks tools fastest. A new KLAS report spanning 182 organizations in 43 countries finds over a third are still deciding where AI belongs, and funding something else first. Source: Global Health IT Leaders Say AI Readiness Must Come Before Adoption on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Remote IT teams drifted away from the clinicians they support after COVID. Sentara's answer puts application staff back at the keyboard beside frontline users, and the results reached further than anyone expected. Source: Sentara’s Becker: Business Acceleration Workshops Break Down Clinical, Rev Cycle Silos on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

The 2027 prior authorization deadline is closing in, yet the coding systems underneath still don't speak to each other. A new AMA initiative aims to fix that foundation before the clock runs out. Source: AMA Targets Prior Authorization Burden With New Terminology Mapping Initiative on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders

Health systems keep buying tools while the real bottleneck sits somewhere else entirely. Health-ISAC's chief security officer traces every cyber problem back to one deciding factor, and it changes how CISOs should spend their next dollar. Source: H-ISAC’s Weiss Says Healthcare Cybersecurity Always Comes Back to People on healthsystemcio.com - Interviews & Webinars with Health System IT Leaders