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Week of April 6th, 2026
The AI Revolution and the Security Reality: This Week in Healthcare IT
As we enter the first full week of April 2026, the rise of agentic AI is reshaping healthcare IT. EHRs are being redesigned, and major AI deployments are accelerating change across the sector.
Here are the top stories you need to know from the week of April 1–8, 2026.
1. Greenway Health Reinvents the EHR with “Novare.”
Clinicians have long noted that Electronic Health Records (EHRs), digital versions of patients’ medical histories, often resemble outdated spreadsheets. This week, Greenway Health introduced Novare, which they describe as the first natively AI-enabled EHR.
Unlike legacy systems that add artificial intelligence (AI), software that simulates human decision-making, to existing code, Novare is built from the ground up with agentic AI, which can autonomously perform tasks for clinicians. The aim is to eliminate workarounds and create a system that anticipates clinician needs, automating documentation and revenue cycle tasks in real time. This approach signals a significant shift away from legacy systems.
2. Post-Acute Care Goes “All In” on AI
Creative Solutions in Healthcare announced a company-wide rollout of ExaCare AI across its 160 skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), marking one of the largest and fastest deployments in the sector. These facilities provide specialized medical care and rehabilitation.
“We have to be just as intentional about how we scale our systems as we are about our growth,” said Gary Blake, CEO of Creative Solutions.
The platform aims to improve the preadmission process, which is often slowed by paperwork and phone calls. By using AI to summarize patient journeys and streamline referrals, the initiative now processes over 1,500 referrals daily. This demonstrates that smart facilities using advanced digital and AI technologies have become the standard in post-acute care.
3. Cardiology Gets a “Second Set of Eyes.”
The Joint Research Center (JRC) released a report this week, Artificial Intelligence in Cardiovascular Care: From Promise to Practice, highlighting that AI now performs coronary artery calcium scoring as accurately as specialist radiologists.
The JRC also emphasized the importance of infrastructure. While AI can detect blockages in seconds, many hospitals lack the necessary hardware and supporting software. In response, the EU has committed €20 million to accelerate AI deployment in cardiovascular care.
4. The Security Reality Check: CareCloud & Hims, & Hers
This week also underscored the ongoing risks to valuable healthcare data from cyber threats.
CareCloud confirmed a significant cyberattack this week that resulted in the theft of patient data and an 8-hour disruption of its EHR environment.
Hims & Hers also disclosed a breach involving stolen support tickets from a third-party service, highlighting that security is only as strong as the least secure vendor’s application programming interface (API), the software connection between systems.
The Bottom Line
There is a clear shift from experimental to operational AI. With Greenway’s new EHR and Creative Solutions’ SNF rollout, the focus is now on efficiency at scale. However, the CareCloud breach highlights that as systems become more integrated and intelligent, cybersecurity risks increase.
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