Nearly one-third of U.S. states achieved "innovation champion" status in the Consumer Technology Association's 2020 U.S. Innovation Scorecard, with the majority located far from the coastal areas typically classified as the nation's technology hubs.

More large companies are turning to Microsoft Azure than to market-leading Amazon Web Services for their cloud computing needs, a Goldman Sachs survey cited by CNBC found.

University at Buffalo (N.Y.) rolled out a collaborative training program that aims to provide first-year medical students with hands-on experience using an EHR, according to a Jan. 7 news release.

From forming partnerships with tech giants Apple and Google to launching a new division for EHR professional services, Meditech made several moves in 2019 that will continue to play out in the year ahead.

When it comes to healthcare, “technology” — in the most general sense of the word — is the holistic, user-customizable lens that an organization’s entire clinical team needs to function at the top of their license.

A proposal released by the White House regarding federal regulation of artificial intelligence suggests taking a more lenient stance toward technological oversight.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic's innovation commercialization arm participated in a $60 million funding round for Nference, an artificial intelligence software startup, according to a Jan. 8 news release.

Kyruus, developer of search and scheduling software for healthcare providers, closed a $42 million Series D funding round that included participation from Renton, Wash.-based Providence's venture arm.

Ramping up cybersecurity efforts and shifting to pay-for-performance are the top priorities this year for Frank Clark, PhD, the former vice president of technology and CIO of an academic medical center in South Carolina.

Executives at Facebook, Apple and other technology companies are standing behind their privacy practices, saying that there is a greater need for public education, according to The Wall Street Journal.

CareMESH, a patient data exchange platform, welcomed Ed Marx, former CIO at Cleveland Clinic, to its board of advisors, according to a Jan. 8 news release.

Vindell Washington, MD, has joined Verily as chief clinical officer of the Google sister company's health platforms team, according to tweets from Karen DeSalvo, MD, Google's chief health officer, and Carolyn Wang, Verily's communications lead.

McLeod Health on Jan. 7 announced Marie Saleeby, RN, will become senior vice president of workflow optimization, a new position created to improve EHR usage at the Florence, S.C.-based health system.

McKinney, Texas-based Children's Choice Pediatrics began notifying patients Jan. 7 of a ransomware attack that may have exposed their protected health information.

Mercy Health Lorain (Ohio) Hospital is alerting patients that their protected health information may have been exposed in a data breach at a revenue cycle management vendor.

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital will implement healthcare technology provider Odoro's digital platform to provide patients with advanced self-scheduling options, the organizations announced Jan. 7.

GNS Healthcare, a startup developing artificial intelligence-powered precision medicine technology, announced on Jan. 7 an extension of its Series D funding round following an investment from the Merck Global Health Innovation Fund.

Patient wayfinding apps have become increasingly popular additions to hospitals' technology suites in recent years, but patients are not alone in needing navigation assistance — in fact, many workplaces now offer employee-facing mapping tools.

Google has continued expanding its healthcare division, aiming to improve diagnostics and the clinician's ability to treat patients.

Here are seven digital alerts and tools that hospitals and health systems have recently developed or integrated with their EHR systems.