The White House's American Workforce Policy Advisory Board rolled out a new ad campaign July 14 to encourage jobless Americans, as the pandemic has caused the nation's unemployed population to increase by 12 million since February. 

New Jersey's health commissioner Judith Persichilli, BSN, RN, revealed the state's plans to launch a COVID-19 awareness campaign targeting young adults during a July 13 news briefing.

Health IT leaders have struggled to keep their eyes from rolling at such vague terms as disruption and innovation for years, but new abstract and overused language continues to pop up in their work conversations.

The New York Times reported that health departments are accepting COVID-19 reports via phone, email, physical mail and fax, which can lead to duplication, lost information or sending records to the wrong health department.

The Trump administration plans to ask governors to deploy the National Guard to help hospitals with coronavirus data collection, according to a draft letter obtained by The Washington Post.

Google on July 14 announced a new platform that will allow users to directly access data stored in Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. 

HHS has changed its protocols for COVID-19 data reporting, asking hospitals to send their data to their state or federal contractor instead of the CDC.

Large health systems and venture capital firms nationwide are investing millions in startups whose products could bring critical innovation to healthcare delivery.

Researchers at the University of Oxford recently published study results on medical preprint server medRxiv detailing their use of artificial intelligence to screen COVID-19 patients.

Global venture capital funding reached a record-breaking $6.3 billion during the first half of 2020, according to a recent report from consulting firm Mercom Capital Group.

Seattle-based University of Washington researchers used the "model to data" approach, which allows machine-learning research on private biomedical data, to create predictive analytics models without having direct access to patient EHRs.

As community anxiety about the COVID-19 pandemic grew, we — like many healthcare providers across the U.S. — saw the number of inquiries to our call center skyrocket.

IT publications InsiderPro and Computerworld launched a list of 100 Best Places to Work in IT, including several health systems and healthcare-related companies.

Cybercriminals have increased their attacks on healthcare providers since the pandemic began, and USA Today reported additional focus on children's hospitals.

The COVID-19 death rate data publicly reported in Texas may be skewed lower than the actual death rate, according to a report in the Houston Chronicle.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning tools can be a vital aspect of the COVID-19 response, and some are already used by clinicians worldwide.

UnitedHealth Group on July 13 unveiled its new digital health therapy for continuous remote monitoring and customized personal support for members with type 2 diabetes. 

Houston-based Benefit Recovery Specialists, which provides billing and collection services to healthcare providers and payers, recently began notifying 274,837 patients and health plan members of a malware attack that compromised their protected health information. 

Allscripts on July 13 announced a five-year extension of its alliance with Microsoft, designating the tech giant as its new cloud provider.

After recently reporting on the top 13 marketing schools to hire from in the U.S., Becker's Hospital Review reached out to some of those schools to see how they viewed opportunities for innovation within the healthcare marketing field.