Hospitals in Columbus, Ga., have declined to release COVID-19 hospitalization data to the public, according to a Ledger-Enquirer report, even as available county-level data shows that hospitalizations doubled in the month of June.

The Tennessee health department's COVID-19 daily reporting system experienced downtime on June 28 due to an unplanned shutdown, Times News reports. 

West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health agreed to settle a proposed class action lawsuit related to two cybersecurity issues that compromised patient information, according to Law360.

Many health systems have built tools and dashboards to track the spread of COVID-19 and project where new outbreaks will occur.

The Arizona Department of Health was unable to report new COVID-19 cases on June 29 after a lab was delayed in producing results, according to the Arizona Republic.

Here are the health system malware, ransomware and phishing incidents Becker's Hospital Review reported during June.

The pandemic has forced all healthcare professionals to act quickly and modify workflows, and hospital EHR leaders are no exception.

New York City-based Columbia University applied a crisis resource management protocol to help staff adapt to a flood of email communications across its health system at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic may lead to a sharp increase in Medicaid eligibility and enrollment this year, but information management systems that states have in place are not properly equipped, according to Health Affairs.

University of Florida, UF Health Shands in Gainesville and UF Health Jacksonville all reported email hacking incidents associated with an attack on a business associated that affected thousands of individuals.

Iowa Total Care, a health plan, reported a data breach that affected thousands of individuals.

Paul Rothman, MD, CEO of Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine and dean of the medical faculty at Johns Hopkins University, discussed the health system's COVID-19 data platform and the potential for artificial intelligence to make a difference in how health systems approach treatment in the future in an interview with The Media Line.

Whether brought on by the financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic or business strategy adjustments, layoffs have hit various industries since April, including the health IT space. 

University of California San Francisco confirmed that it paid $1.14 million to hackers  after a June 1 ransomware attack on its medical school's computer servers. 

Houston-based Texas Medical Center stopped reporting intensive care unit bed capacity for three days over the weekend after saying its ICU was at 100 percent occupancy June 25 and was on pace to exceed an "unsustainable surge capacity" by July 6, according to a Houston Chronicle report.

Combining the respective capabilities of EHRs and artificial intelligence may provide patients with more personalized caregiver recommendations, according to Quartz.

Many tech professionals feel positively about seeking new jobs in the healthcare and pharma industries amid the pandemic, according to survey results released June 25 from Swiss drugmaker Novartis.

Various tech-based systems for COVID-19 contact tracing have emerged during the pandemic, from Apple and Google's jointly developed system to New York City's contact tracing partnership with Salesforce.

Google has made several significant partnerships and launched initiatives in the last year to deepen its presence in healthcare.

The JPMorgan CIO Survey gathered responses from 130 CIOs about which technology companies will be most valuable during digital transformation.