As more hospitals turn toward 5G cellular networks, Houston Methodist Chief Technology Officer Jim Francis told Becker's "5G by itself isn't going to be the solution."

IBM will use Microsoft's cloud to create a tool that helps analyze complex medical records.

While hospital and health system CIOs come to the IT leadership roles from a variety of backgrounds, some made stops at EHR vendors such as Epic and Cerner earlier in their careers.

From 2017 to July 2023, data breaches have cost healthcare organizations more than $39 billion, according to a new report from Comparitech. 

Advocate Aurora Health has agreed to pay a $12.25 million settlement after it was hit with multiple lawsuits about pixel tracking technology that was placed on its website and patient portals, BankInfoSecurity reported Aug. 16.  

Here are three hospitals and health systems that have implemented new EHR systems or announced plans to do so since Aug. 2:

New York City-based Mount Sinai, who has one of the largest production instances of Epic running on Microsoft's cloud, says the move has been able to reduce upfront infrastructure costs and accelerate the health system's integration of AI. 

KeyCare, the only Epic-based virtual care company in the U.S., ended its first year with 10 health system and health tech partnerships.

Eight of Intermountain Health's hospitals and 40 of its clinics are rolling out new dark blue signage with coral and fuchsia logos as part of a merger with Broomfield, Colo.-based SCL Health.

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care CEO and President David Entwistle is joining the board of directors of healthcare innovation company and startup builder Redesign Health.

Cleveland Clinic, a nonprofit academic medical center, made several IT leadership changes in recent weeks.

Jefferson Health's maintenance vendor informed the health system that a portable backup drive was missing from its DEXA scan device at its Jefferson Cherry Hill (N.J.) Hospital.

Artificial intelligence company Paige partnered with the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and its affiliated community hospitals to study the effectiveness of diagnosing cancer with AI tools.

The most lucrative industry for health information technologists pays almost three times the annual mean wage for this role.

HHS rolled out a new project Aug. 17 to protect hospitals from the growing cybersecurity threat.

Olive AI is being sued by a state economic development arm over allegations the healthcare tech company missed hiring goals it was supposed to meet in exchange for incentives, Columbus (Ohio) Business First reported.

Even though 53 percent of hospital IT and clinical leaders see digital transformation as one of the most important goals for 2023 and 2024, the concept is still a work in progress for the industry. 

Healthcare disruptors such as Amazon and CVS are driving up demand — and salaries — for physicians and advanced practitioners, according to executive search firm AMN Healthcare.

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University and Health System are facing up to seven lawsuits that allege that the organizations failed to protect patient information from Russian cyber group Clop, The Baltimore Banner reported Aug. 16. 

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente's new San Marcos (Calif.) Hospital is the first in Kaiser's system to include a microgrid.