The Pac-12, Stanford (Calif.) Medicine and Fitbit are launching a research collaboration to see if data from wearables can be used to detect and track COVID-19.

The demand for minimally invasive surgery has significantly increased in recent years, with many hospitals and health systems focused on moving open surgery to more minimally invasive surgery to reduce variability in patient care, lowering complication rates and hospital stays.

Aspirus and OSF Healthcare have joined Memorial Hermann Health System and University of Chicago Medicine in notifying their patients of a 2019 data breach in which a former employee at revenue cycle management vendor Med-Data uploaded patients' personal information.

Almost 120 physicians, nurses and researchers from Boston-based Mass General Brigham are volunteering their time as "community messengers" to share information with people both in person and digitally about COVID-19 and vaccinations.

HHS on April 1 launched a $10 million ad campaign encouraging Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as a way to end the pandemic and return to normal life.

Los Angeles-based Keck Medicine of USC integrated its Cerner EHR directly to California's state My Turn Vaccine Scheduling System to help community members determine eligibility and make COVID-19 vaccination appointments with the health system.

The Government Accountability Office wants HHS and federal agencies to be more transparent about COVID-19 data on race, ethnicity and infections at nursing homes, according to a March 31 Politico report.

From acquisitions to expanded collaborations to new offerings, here are the latest stories about health IT companies, including Google, Amazon and Epic.

Artificial intelligence's role in healthcare is growing and has the potential to mitigate common difficulties in the industry.

The addition of Trillium Community Health Plan has raised the tally to five healthcare-related organizations that have been affected by the data breach of file transfer vendor Accellion.

Verily is teaming up with Atlanta-based Morehouse College to provide scholarships to students interested in STEM with the goal to create an institutional link between students and the biotech and life sciences industry.

Healthcare organizations have a responsibility to protect health information from getting in the wrong hands. However, that data may be too easily accessible, according to a March 29 Varonis report.

More than 1 million healthcare records were affected by data breaches in March, more than tripling those affected in February.

Jared Sorensen, the vice president of revenue cycle solutions at 3M Health Information Systems (3M HIS), believes the healthcare IT ecosystem often operates like a swinging pendulum.

Cerner closed its acquisition of Kantar Health, the clinical research division of data and consulting company Kantar Group, for $375 million, the companies said April 1. 

Innovation among glycemic management programs has improved care for critically ill patients and prompted discussions on technology's ongoing role in diabetes care.

Zane Burke, former CEO of Livongo Health and president of Cerner, joined the board of directors for digital parenting and pediatric monitoring platform Owlet, according to an April 1 news release. 

Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center joined the pilot of the Google developed EHR search tool, which aims to help clinicians better organize and scan for patient information. 

A former employee at revenue cycle management vendor Med-Data uploaded patient information from Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System and University of Chicago Medicine sometime during or before September 2019, according to a March 31 Chicago Sun-Times report. 

HHS is spending $50 million on an ad campaign raising awareness of how the $1.9 trillion the American Rescue Plan President Joe Biden recently signed into law expands the subsidies available under the Affordable Care Act for comprehensive health insurance, NBC News reported.