Pandemic-era relaxations to rules on prescribing drugs allowed mental health startups to reach more people, boosting their online advertising. However, the proliferation of marketing, especially on platforms like TikTok and Instagram that reach young people, has experts worried about the danger of overprescription, reported The New York Times May 13.

Tom Andriola, vice chancellor of information technology and data and chief digital officer of University of California Irvine and UCI Health, is bullish on the future integration of technology in healthcare.

TriHealth has selected Oracle's cloud management system to merge its human resource systems onto a single platform, the Cincinnati-based provider said. 

Google appointed Bakul Patel, the former head of digital health at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to develop and lead its unified digital health and regulatory strategy.

In recent years, healthcare organizations have tackled the massive lift of digitizing health data. Yet, the shift to EHRs has inadvertently created new usability problems and interoperability continues to be an enormous challenge.

Irving, Texas-based Christus Health system has successfully blocked a ransomware attack, keeping patient data safe so far, reported The Dallas Morning News May 16. 

A women's health digital startup is set to open its first brick-and-mortar location in California.

Medical ethicists have argued that non-fungible tokens in healthcare, specifically the use of NFTs in the healthcare record-keeping system, can give patients ownership of their records through its blockchain ledger. Allowing them to track the sale of their data, giving patients the opportunity to stop it or sell it themselves. But, technology leaders at healthcare systems say although this concept has potential, it is still evolving and requires a lot of refining before it can be implemented into the healthcare industry. 

The tenure of chief marketing officers remained at 40 months in 2021, the shortest time span in over a decade, The Wall Street Journal reported May 5.

The global health IT sector is expected to more than double in value by 2028, according to a May 16 study by Brandessence Market Research & Consulting.

Digitizing the patient experience to make it as convenient as online shopping or travel booking can help alleviate the labor shortages that have plagued healthcare, David Peterson, chief strategy officer for health IT consultant AccuReg, wrote March 23 in Medical Economics.

Tech companies' in-person work are facing pushback from employees who would rather find a new position than return to the office, The Wall Street Journal reported May 14. 

Physicians who own their practices are more satisfied with their electronic health records than physicians who don’t, an April 21 investigation in JAMA Network Open found.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers found that clinician assessment paired with automated machine learning could improve suicide risk detection in patients, according to a study published May 13 in JAMA Open. 

Hartford (Conn.) Healthcare and its networks have begun using an EMS communication app that allows EMTs to quickly upload patient information, symptoms, vital readings and severity of ailment and transmit it to the emergency room.

Gillette Children's Speciality Healthcare unveiled a new brand identity May 16. 

Researchers have been able to train a deep learning model to accurately predict a patient's race from just medical images, like X-rays and CT scans leaving researchers confused, reported the Boston Globe May 13.

Healthcare has faced rapid change in the last few years amid the pandemic, and digital transformation is not slowing down.

Information security analysts, who ensure security controls are in place, make an average of $113,270 annually, according to the latest data released March 31 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The market for primary care disruptors — retail clinics that typically have a hybrid menu of virtual and in-patient care — is being flooded with competitors, eMarketer reported May 16.