Becker's Hospital Review reported the following health IT executive moves recently affecting hospitals, companies and federal agencies:

With more than 40 years of experience in the healthcare IT space, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System CIO Avery Cloud has seen the value technology brings to healthcare.

Here are 14 recent health information technology vendor contracts and go-lives affecting healthcare organizations.

Though it has since been formally rebranded as the Center for Innovation, Houston Methodist's innovation team can't seem to shake its tongue-in-cheek nickname: the D.I.O.P group, short for "Digital Innovation-Obsessed People."

Bloomington-based Indiana University will open a Center for Artificial Intelligence, backed by a $60 million gift — the second-largest private donation in the university's history — from billionaire alumnus Fred Luddy.

The United Health Foundation announced on Oct. 17 a partnership with Atlanta-based Morehouse School of Medicine to research ways to improve accessibility and usability of digital health tools in underserved communities in the southeastern U.S.

Not only do more than half of patients credit digital health tools with fostering a stronger connection with their primary care providers, but nearly 70 percent also wish technology could play an even greater role in healthcare delivery, a new report finds.

More companies continue to invest their dollars in blockchain initiatives. Below is a list of companies who have penned blockchain-focused deals or launched new blockchain systems. 

Within September alone, 30 healthcare organizations, including hospitals, private practices and insurers, reported data breaches to HHS' Office for Civil Rights. As of Oct. 4, seven healthcare providers had reported data breaches for the month. 

A regional Veterans Affairs Department in Milwaukee mishandled patients personal data, leaving medical records, internal communications and other information available for unauthorized personnel to access, according to Nextgov.

Microsoft and Nuance announced Oct. 17 that they are teaming up to create the "exam room of the future" using artificial intelligence and other technologies.

Innovation in healthcare isn’t always about finding a new piece of artificial intelligence or adding shiny equipment to the operating room. Sometimes, it’s as simple as changing a process to improve the patient experience: Like allowing them to schedule appointments online. 

Cerner announced Oct. 18 it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AbleVets, an IT consulting and engineering firm focused on federal health clients.

Several Northern Light Health hospitals lost EHR and email access Oct. 17 after a nor'easter storm caused power outages across Maine, Bangor Daily News reports.

In a recent press release, Solutionreach, a leader in patient relationship management (PRM) software, has introduced SR AI, a set of new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities into its patient relationship management software.

Karen DeSalvo, MD, has been appointed Google's first chief health officer, the tech giant confirmed to CNBC.

A recent press release posted by Cedar shared results from a recent study conducted in 2019 on healthcare consumer experience, which gathered responses from more than 1,600 participants.

When it comes to EHR customization, Tom Pacek, vice president of information systems and CIO at Inspira Health in Mullica, N.J., considers end user feedback a critical component to validating how widespread a system issue really is.

Morgantown-based West Virginia University Medicine will begin enrolling select cancer patients in a National Institutes of Health Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot Initiative trial, WV News reports.

In recent years, I've found myself involved in conversations at my health system and with my chief experience officer colleagues around the country about the nomenclature for the people we serve. For years we've used the term "patients." More recently, we broadened the concept to include "patients and families." Now there is debate over adding the term "consumer" to our lexicon, and whether it cheapens or undermines the sacred relationship we have with patients.