The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many hospitals to shift employees to remote work and expand telehealth offerings. This has expanded the cybersecurity threat landscape. However, there are steps hospitals can take to ensure their information systems are protected amid shifting work environments.

Artificial intelligence-focused healthcare technology company Gauss partnered with Cellex, a  biotech company specializing in point-of-care diagnostic testing, to create the first rapid COVID-19 antigen tests patients can use at home.

Artificial intelligence will play a larger role in healthcare organizations in the future, predict six health system leaders; but not all promises about the technology will come to fruition.

Hospital and health system IT teams were stretched thin during the pandemic to rapidly scale virtual care and remote work during the pandemic.

The cloud-based data warehousing platform provider Snowflake set the record for the year's largest IPO on Sept. 16, and it's three times more than the previous record for a software IPO set by VMware in 2007, according to a Nasdaq report.

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health hired a new vice president of IT and services for client relationship management.

The National Institutes of Health has contracted with seven companies and academic institutions to develop digital health solutions to help with the COVID-19 response.

The federal government settled five HIPAA violation investigations with healthcare providers for a total of $136,500.

Apple and Singapore are developing a personalized health program in which the Singapore government offers residents financial rewards to track health activity via an Apple Watch. 

Seven chief innovation and digital officers from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. share the tools on their EHR wish lists. 

Over the past few months, Cerner has grown its partnerships with healthcare players including Amazon and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and appointed new executives.

President of Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University and CEO of Jefferson Health Stephen Klasko, MD, joined the board for digital health company OODA Health.

Apple's newest smartwatch has new healthcare tracking and measuring capabilities.

Cerner hired Ron Lattomus as its new director of federal programs, including the Department of Veterans Affairs' EHR modernization project, according to a Sept. 14 Executive Biz report.

University of California, San Francisco scientists are launching Covidseeker, a new study  examining the spread of COVID-19 using people's self-donated Google location data.

From new partnerships to initial public offering filings to lawsuits, here's the latest roundup of stories about health IT companies, including Cerner, Google and Apple.

Healthcare marketers can gain insight about how to best reach their target audiences by looking at the strategies digitally native brands employ, according to PharmaPhorum.

More health systems have reported being part of the Blackbaud security breach that affected organizations worldwide.

The American Health Information Management Association will provide EHR digital training for 16,000 students at more than 300 colleges and universities using Meditech's Expanse system. 

Spectrum Health warned patients Sept. 14 of a new "vishing" scam where individuals pretend to be an employee of the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based health system and call patients to steal their protected health information.