Epic will integrate a company's cancer tests into its EHR system to provide testing access to more than 250 million patients.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a warning March 29 about a security vulnerability in Philips Healthcare's e-Alert magnetic resonance imaging monitoring software.

Because SARS-CoV-2 can be detected in wastewater systems, a commentary published March 30 in Nature suggests that smart toilets may be a good public health strategy for detecting and tracking COVID-19 cases. 

Bennington-based Southwestern Vermont Health Care on March 31 launched a quarterly magazine called Healthy+.

The FBI warned March 30 of ransomware attacks on local government agencies, which have resulted in disrupted operational services, risks to public safety and financial loss.

Athenahealth launched a new feature within its EHR system that allows for more accurate information for nonbinary and transgender patients.

Ascension and AdventHealth have pulled the plug on their joint venture Amita Health and are renaming hospitals to reflect their system names. 

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Amazon posted new job openings related to its health business. Below are six positions the company recently posted:

Cerner is delaying COVID-19 vaccine requirements for its employees until June 6, The Kansas City Star reported March 31.

Port Townsend, Wash.-based Jefferson Healthcare named Debra Tesch as health information management and privacy officer, the health system announced March 29.

Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University's MedTech Accelerator welcomed eight healthcare technology-focused startups. 

Renton, Wash.-based Providence and Seattle-based Swedish Health Services are rolling out a unified brand for their chain or healthcare organizations in western Washington.

Epic researchers found that pregnant people, who are vaccinated against COVID-19, are twice as likely to get the virus as those who are not pregnant, The Washington Post reported March 31.

Columbus, Md.-based MedStar Health and Verily, Alphabet's life sciences arm, participated in a $18.5 million funding round for Zephyr AI, an artificial intelligence company focused on precision medicine and drug discovery.

Google has a long history of investing in healthcare artificial intelligence, especially focusing on pharmaceutical development, and is continuing to bet big on the sector, according to CB Insights' March 31 newsletter. 

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health issued a warning March 30 that an email breach has exposed the personal health information of 1,300 patients.

Infusion centers have two key assets: chairs and nurses. Software can be used to optimize the allocation of chairs, but there has been little focus on the allocation of nurses.

A story detailing the uncertain future of Oracle after it completes its $28 billion acquisition of Cerner was Becker's most-read health IT story in March.

In March, 26 organizations reported to HHS that 991,338 individuals were affected by data breaches.