Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health is renaming four hospitals purchased from St. Louis-based Ascension to reflect the acquisition, Merrill Foto News reported Oct. 7. 

HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is partnering with CMS and the CDC on interoperability standards in a new initiative called USCDI+.

Most patients are using the internet to evaluate their treatment options rather than working with their physician, according to a recent study by Optum's PatientsLikeMe.

Oftentimes, hospital marketers adhere to deeply held maxims — whether personal or as an organization — when strategizing communication. Here, leaders from nine health systems share the mottos on which they base their messaging strategies.

Artificial intelligence-powered predictive analytics tools can improve hospital operations by optimizing capacity demands, alerting care teams of patients who may be at risk for adverse events and anticipating supply shortages, among other uses.

The Department of Veterans Affairs and Cerner have signed several large contracts and have made key leadership changes to get their $16 billion EHR rollout on track.

Americans between ages 25 and 34 are most likely to say they don't always trust their healthcare provider to make the right decisions for them, according to research released by branding agency Monigle.

Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are nine open positions:

A former warehouse supervisor at the Atlanta VA Medical Center said hospital leaders were warned about the severity of the pallets of unopened mail last year, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Oct. 7.

In rural New Mexico, where many patients must travel 250 miles or more for care, clinicians in remote areas are relying on a new technology that bridges the gap between patients and specialists.

ChristianaCare's brand perception improved the most in 2020, according to research released by branding agency Monigle.

FIN12, a Russian ransomware group, is repeatedly targeting U.S. hospitals without considering how the attacks affect patient care, according to an Oct. 7 CBS report.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is hiring an independent contractor to review Cerner's $16 billion EHR rollout and provide an accurate cost estimate, according to an Oct. 7 FedScoop report.

The Justice Department launched the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team on Oct. 6 to investigate and prosecute criminal misuse of cryptocurrency in ransomware attacks.

Seymour, Ind.-based Schneck Medical Center's computer system is still down on the ninth day since a cyberattack hit, a spokesperson for the hospital told Becker's Oct. 7

Perhaps no other event in modern history has tested the nation's healthcare system like the COVID-19 pandemic.

The University of California-Irvine and health IT startup Syntropy have unveiled a five-year partnership to use data to innovate UCI Health Affairs, health research, and how hospitals integrate and contextualize data.

Palantir Technologies, the data analytics company that powers the National Institute of Health's COVID-19 data-reporting platform, has been awarded $150 million in two federal health contracts to streamline data integration.

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives has recognized 107 hospitals as achieving Level 9 status in its 2021 Healthcare's Most Wired program.

The CDC has selected HealthVerity to develop an interoperable dataset for COVID-19 research that will be used in research, decision-making and public health objectives.