Healthcare executives have been introduced to new challenges in recent years, including what can seem like an overwhelming amount of new technology and number of digital tools.

Using online browsing records is only slightly more effective at tailoring marketing campaigns to specific audiences than simply randomizing messaging, a new study suggests.

As consumer companies such as Amazon and Walgreens move into healthcare and more traditional healthcare organizations turn to virtual and mobile services to keep up, the concept of relying on a trusted primary care provider has gotten lost in the shuffle.

New York City-based Mount Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine unveiled an iPhone app on Nov. 4 offering precision wellness tracking, essentially enabling patients to perform their own "n-of-1" studies to monitor their reactions to wellness treatments.

A new course at the University of Arizona in Tucson will partner students with medicinal chemists to develop new treatments for Alzheimer's disease, before connecting them with local entrepreneurs to learn about bringing the treatments to market.

Around one-third of hospital executives have purchased cybersecurity tools blindly after experiencing a data breach, according to a Black Book Market Research report published Nov. 4.

Microsoft Innovation Center has partnered with aeternity, an open source blockchain, to support blockchain workshops.

IBM Watson Health and Aetion codeveloped a tool enabling small and mid-size biopharmaceutical companies to conduct advanced data analysis of real-world evidence to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of new medical treatments.

Cleveland-based University Hospitals received a $15 million donation to establish a center dedicated to bridging gaps in the way male patients seek and address healthcare needs.

A limited number of patients within Washington University School of Medicine's ophthalmology and visual sciences department may have had their information viewed by an unauthorized person.

Google Health is looking to improve search functions, both to enhance physicians' abilities to search through medical records as well as the quality of health-related search results presented to consumers across Google and YouTube, according to CNBC.

New York City-based Brooklyn Hospital Center is notifying an undisclosed number of patients about a cybersecurity incident that may have exposed their information.

Becker's Hospital Review reported the following health IT executive moves recently affecting hospitals, companies and federal agencies:

Meditech reported $121.2 million in revenue for the third quarter of 2019, which ended Sept. 30.

Here are eight recent health information technology vendor contracts and go lives affecting healthcare organizations.

Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are implementing technology-based initiatives to help manage patients' social determinants of health needs, from access to healthcare to behavioral health and nutrition, according to a recent Reaction Data report.

Provo-based Utah Valley Eye Center confirmed that the demographic information of more than 20,000 patients may have been exposed in a cybersecurity incident last year, according to the Daily Herald.

Numerous privacy incidents at hospitals, IT suppliers and other healthcare organizations captured public attention last month.

Alphabet, Google's parent company, will acquire Fitbit for approximately $2.1 billion, according to a Nov. 1 news release from Fitbit.

Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health announced Oct. 31 its partnership with Apple to give patients access to their health data directly on their iPhones.