Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health on May 3 launched an innovation challenge encouraging New Jersey companies to create tools to improve healthcare delivery.

Data breaches in healthcare can cause widespread damage, including the loss of medical records, financial losses for the organization, identity theft and fraud, lawsuits, and a loss of patient trust. Now the industry is more at risk of severe cyberattacks than ever before.

Google blocked and removed 3.4 billion ads in 2021 in order to protect brands' safety, The Drum reported May 5.

HHS' information security program was deemed "not effective" for fiscal year 2021 in an audit conducted by the department's Office of Inspector General, consistent with the determinations for fiscal years 2018, 2019 and 2020.

The digital advertising growth Big Tech companies saw during the pandemic is starting to slow, The Wall Street Journal reported May 5.

Clinical documentation integrity (CDI) has a direct effect on patient care, and as documentation requirements become more complex, CDI departments are challenged by workforce shortages that are likely to persist.

Clinical trials' technology and data collection practices still look "circa 1995," Amy Abernethy, MD, PhD, told Politico in a May 4 report.

When it comes to using health apps as a part of research or health system initiatives, peer support, feedback and reminders encourage patients to keep on using the apps, according to a April 26 study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

As the CIO role rose to prominence during the pandemic because of increased technology usage and digital efforts, IT now underpins nearly all lines of business. This means CIOs must transform technology quicker than ever before and evolve to a role that continues to change as organizations look to them to head more than just its IT departments.

From launching a diabetes telehealth program to offering free health screenings nationwide, Walmart continues to increase its healthcare presence. Here are four most recent healthcare moves from the company as reported by Becker's.

Mental health apps have worse privacy policies for users than most other app categories, according to a report released May 2 by Mozilla.

Ransomware attacks are a serious and growing threat to the healthcare sector as organizations deploy more Internet of Medical Things devices. According to the Ponemon Institute, more than 20 percent of attacks during COVID-19 were rooted in IoMT devices. 

The Association of American Medical Colleges experienced an outage of its residency application services, prompting the association to switch to Amazon's cloud to mitigate the issue, The Wall Street Journal reported May 4.

When the tangle of data locked in EHRs is decoded and shared between organizations and institutions, important health insights can be discovered, Nature reported May 3. 

Digital health companies focused on reproductive health are filling in the care gaps left by traditional healthcare for women who are pregnant or trying to get pregnant — a trend that will accelerate if Roe v. Wade is overturned, TechCrunch reported May 4.

Philips is one of the first health tech companies to receive critical vulnerability classification authority by a CISA-sponsored cybersecurity standards organization.

Athenahealth added Nuance's Dragon Ambient eXperience to its digital marketplace.

Hospitals are using artificial intelligence to improve health outcomes, conduct research and improve patient care. Here are four artificial intelligence projects health systems' have recently created and deployed as reported by Becker's Hospital Review:

The singer, rapper and actress Queen Latifah has teamed up with Pfzer to promote a public health campaign to encourage people to get tested and treated for COVID-19.

Amazon has been posting new job openings related to its health business. Below are seven positions the company recently posted: