Today's Top 20 Health IT Articles
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CommonSpirit to launch 'digital consumer experience'
Chicago-based CommonSpirit is launching a digital consumer experience to meet patients' evolving expectations around ways to access care, which "will foster additional consumer relationships and greater loyalty," CEO Wright Lassiter III said during the health system's Feb. 29 investor call. -
Epic, Oracle, Meditech commit to Biden's cancer care EHR initiative
Epic, Oracle, Meditech and CVS are among the organizations committing to the Biden administration's "Enhancing Oncology Model," which is a part of the larger Cancer Moonshot initiative. -
NewYork-Presbyterian to provide kosher electronic devices for virtual visits
NewYork-Presbyterian will make kosher electronic devices available for virtual visits after HHS received complaints. -
UMass Memorial inks Google Cloud partnership
Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health is partnering with Google Cloud to harness the power of AI in enhancing accessibility to essential medications for chronic conditions, BNN reported March 6. -
Nurses worry about lack of AI rules at hospitals
Some nurses are concerned that the dearth of artificial intelligence rules at hospitals could put them at risk if something goes wrong with the technology, Stateline reported. -
GE HealthCare, VUMC develop AI model
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center has partnered with GE HealthCare to create AI models that can assess the pros and cons of immunotherapy. -
A look at Tenet's cybersecurity strategy
Dallas-based Tenet conducts "table-top exercises" to simulate cybersecurity incidents in order to practice responses to those events. -
HHS intervenes in Change Healthcare hack
HHS said March 5 it would help accelerate payments to hospitals affected by the Change Healthcare cyberattack and institute other workarounds for providers. -
Hackers behind Change Healthcare breach get $22M
The cybercriminal organization responsible for hacking UnitedHealth Group's Change Healthcare has received a multimillion dollar payment in bitcoins, according to Reuters. -
Best Buy supplies at-home tech to 8 of largest health systems
Best Buy says it now supplies care-at-home technology to eight of the largest U.S. health systems. -
'We won't sell our software to you': Why Judy Faulkner favors an all-in-1 EHR
Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner isn't afraid to tell customers no. -
CommonSpirit Utah facilities move to Epic
CommonSpirit Health has transitioned 45 outpatient departments across five hospital markets in Utah to an Epic EHR system. -
UChicago Medicine creating innovation hub
UChicago Medicine is establishing a centralized data-driven hub dedicated to fostering innovation, research and quality improvement projects within the health system. -
Lawmakers seek $1.3B boost for VA's Oracle EHR system
In a bipartisan budget package, lawmakers are asking for more than $1.3 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs' Oracle EHR system, NextGov reported March 4. -
Lurie Children's restores EHR platform post-cyberattack
Lurie Children's of Chicago has reactivated its Epic electronic health record platform along with other key systems, but its MyChart patient portal remains down following a cyberattack on the hospital in late January. -
Providers losing $100M daily over Change Healthcare hack: Report
Some larger health systems are losing more than $100 million a day due to the Change Healthcare cyberattack, one cybersecurity firm estimated, causing industry associations to continue to urge action. -
Kaiser conducts 2nd IT layoff
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Foundation Hospitals is eliminating more than 70 employees, primarily those who serve in IT roles, the San Francisco Chronicle reported March 4. -
Scammers target Nebraska patients amid Change Healthcare attacks
The Nebraska Hospital Association has received patient reports that scammers are reaching out and claiming to be representatives from state hospitals amid the ongoing challenges that Optum's Change Healthcare has faced since a ransomware attack took the company offline on Feb. 29. -
Ransomware gang behind Change Healthcare attack faces setback
BlackCat, the Russian ransomware gang behind the Change Healthcare cyberattack, had its website go down, CyberScoop reported March 1. -
Health system leaders join Microsoft-backed nonprofit
Leaders from Mayo Clinic, Duke Health and Stanford Health Care have joined the board of a Microsoft-backed nonprofit that focuses on AI transparency.
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