Health IT & Interoperability by the Numbers: The 2026 Data Brief
The verified statistics that define health it & interoperability in 2026, with sources.
Numbers cut through narrative. These are the verified data points our research desk considers most decision-relevant in health it & interoperability right now - each drawn from primary sources and our own reporting.
The numbers
1. TEFCA crossed one billion exchanged health records this summer, up from 10 million in under a year (our coverage).
2. KLAS reports Epic added 77 hospitals while Oracle Health shed 56, and overall EHR purchasing fell about 40% as budgets shift to AI (our coverage).
3. Healthcare suffered 410 ransomware attacks in the first half of 2026 - 2.3 per day, up 14% year over year (our coverage).
4. The CPT 2026 code set formally recognizes remote monitoring and AI-assisted diagnostic services (our coverage).
How to read them
Individually, each figure is a snapshot. Together they describe a category where capital is concentrating, regulation is catching up, and proof is displacing promise. When these numbers move, strategy should move with them - which is why each links to the underlying coverage.
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