This past year was a busy one, with new policy changes, cybersecurity challenges, EHR optimization advancements, innovations in patient care and, yes, a whole lot of AI.
Healthcare IT News published more than 1,150 news and feature stories this past year – covering the trends and happenings in artificial intelligence, cloud and edge computing, cybersecurity and privacy, electronic health records, interoperability, patient and provider experience, telehealth and remote monitoring. Here are the 10 stories our readers clicked on the most. House passes veterans healthcare package without RESET Act The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced this past week its plans to restart its EHR Modernization project – in 2026. The previous month, the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act was voted up on Capitol Hill, but without an original section of the bill that would have set several implementation and reporting requirements for increased oversight of the rollouts. Chronic disease 'patient burnout' – a silent issue that must be tackled We hear a lot about the critically important challenge of clinician burnout. But patients experience it too, and it's a challenge that needs attention. One telehealth clinician exec said too many people are feeling overwhelmed by the needs associated with managing their chronic conditions. But she made the case that certain artificial intelligence use cases could help ease those burdens. New AI foundation model can detect rare cancers – but needs digital support to proliferate An artificial intelligence tool developed by digital pathology company Paige, born out of a partnership with Microsoft Research, is billed as one of the largest image-based AI foundation models for detecting cancer. The model, Virchow, can help spot small, complex and rare cancers and give pathologists detection and diagnostic…