A recent survey by Gozio Health found that 82 percent of health executives are looking to increase spending on patient-facing mobile technology over the next three years.

A physician from Mount Sinai West medical center in New York City has inserted a patient with a new type of brain-to-computer interface device, making them the first patient in the U.S. to receive it, Bloomberg reported July 18.

Integrating data, analytics and sophisticated technology into digital marketing projects can help brands stay relevant and perform well among consumers, according to a July 13 article from MIT Sloan. 

CIOs are looking to the future of healthcare technology and its vendors to include better ecosystems and improved usability to deliver additional value to hospitals and health systems.  

Amazon Web Services is helping health tech company Medtronic donate 133 colon cancer screening tools to 62 facilities that primarily serve communities with low screening rates or where access to the technology is not currently available. 

Analytics Insight recently posted a report on the top artificial intelligence innovators changing the technology sector and the global business market.

From the use of smart TVs to expansions of hospital at home programs, July saw many hospitals and health systems forge partnerships to boost innovation and improve health IT.

Here are five health systems that launched "hospital-at-home" programs since June 21.

An iPad with protected health information was stolen from Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in May, according to a July 17 report from City News Service of Southern California.

Nestle Health Science is investing $41 million private equity into biopharmaceutical company Enterome to research and develop drugs treating inflammatory bowel disease and food allergies.

Seventy-one cities and towns have programs that give cash grants and other perks to high-paid tech workers to develop their local economies, The Wall Street Journal reported July 16.  

The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights issued financial penalties to 11 HIPAA-covered entities that have failed to provide patients with timely access to their medical records. 

New York's largest health system recently selected Google Cloud to help it innovate in such areas as predictive clinical insights, digital scheduling, automated payer interactions and intelligent visit summaries.

The Digital Medicine Society collaborated with global healthcare, research and digital health innovation organizations to create four toolkits aimed at helping data producers, processors, and consumers use data from wearables and digital sensing products.

Becton, Dickinson and Company, a medical technology company, acquired Parata Systems, an automated pharmacy technology company. 

Astorg, a private equity company, has acquired Open Health, a pharmaceutical market access and scientific communication services company.

Dutch State Mines, a health and nutrition company, partnered with Hindustan Computers Limited to lead a transformation of DSM's information technology systems.

The state of California recently embarked on an ambitious endeavor. Using hundreds of millions of dollars in public funding, the nation's largest state plans to connect its hospitals and healthcare providers through a statewide health information exchange.

The next generation of effective CIOs will be focused on strategic leadership, effective communication and team builders.

Hospitals are using AI, data analytics and machine learning to improve health outcomes, produce predictive clinical insights and improve patient care. Here are four artificial intelligence projects health systems have recently created and deployed as reported by Becker's Hospital Review: