Here are the five most popular digital transformation stories published by Becker's Hospital Review in 2020:

The CDC, HHS and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases are among a group of 18 leading healthcare organizations that partnered with the Ad Council on a new video series campaign targeting healthcare workers for COVID-19 vaccination. 

EHRs have become an integral part of the healthcare delivery system in the past decade and will continue to evolve in the coming years to alleviate the tech burden on healthcare providers and add to the clinical decision-making process.

Healthcare remained a big focus and opportunity for Amazon in 2020 as the tech giant made moves in the virtual care and pharmacy spaces.

Google Health's vice president of engineering will move to the company's commerce division in January, becoming the third executive to exit Google Health this year, according to Business Insider.

The Dec. 25 explosion of an RV in Nashville, Tenn., which disrupted AT&T and T-Mobile services, highlighted key risks for organizations increasingly digitizing their businesses, according to a Dec. 28 The Wall Street Journal report. 

Willmar, Minn.-based Carris Health recently installed an Epic EHR system at Swift County-Benson (Minn.) Health Services as part of the organizations' management agreement, according to a Dec. 29 West Central Tribune report. 

Los Angeles County partnered with health startup Healthvana to roll out a new digital offering that allows residents to store records of their COVID-19 vaccination in Apple Wallet or on a similar Google platform, according to a Dec. 28 Press Herald report. 

While COVID-19 didn't create the idea of physicians who have influence on social media, the pandemic did help "doctor influencers" find an audience as people grappled with understanding the new virus and combating misinformation, according to a Dec. 28 MIT Technology Review report.

Here are 11 recent partnerships between healthcare organizations and big tech companies including Amazon, Apple and Google. 

The Office for Civil Rights issued its 13th settlement Dec. 22 for its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative.

The Dec. 25 explosion of an RV in Nashville, Tenn., disrupted AT&T and T-Mobile services, leading to outages at hospitals.

Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. developed plans to prioritize COVID-19 vaccine distribution based on the CDC's recommendations.

Amazon has brought on a new lobbyist to focus on issues related to COVID-19 andCARES Act implementation, according to a CNBC report.

Burning Glass Technologies, a job market analytics company, reported that there were 1.7 million job postings from December 2019 through November 2020 for disruptive tech skills.

Verona, Wis.-based Epic made headlines this year amid its partnership with Microsoft Teams and EHR contracts with two large health systems in Florida.

OB-GYN Services in Norwich, Conn., agreed to pay $2 million to settle malpractice charges after a pregnant patient's genetic test order did not go through in the practice's EHR system, according to a Dec. 25 The Day report.

Four rural hospitals in South Dakota, New Mexico, Louisiana and Nebraska have signed on to implement Cerner's cloud-based CommunityWorks EHR system, according to a Dec. 23 news release.

The national COVID-19 surge has regionalized, and the holidays will cause reporting gaps and backlogs that are unlikely to stabilize until the second week of January at the earliest, according to The COVID Tracking Project.  

Broomfield, Colo.-based SCL Health's IT department will focus on optimizing current technology and investing in innovation next year, according to Chief Innovation and Digital Officer Craig Richardville.