Seattle Children's recently transitioned its Epic EHR system to the Virtustream healthcare cloud platform, according to an April 28 news release.

The Wyoming Department of Health began notifying more than 164,000 people this week that their protected health information had been exposed and uploaded online by an employee.

Ensuring parents know where they can find reliable information about vaccines is the best way to ensure children will get vaccinated against COVID-19 and other diseases, according to the marketing chiefs at Boston Children's Hospital and Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health.

Algorithms factor in a patient's age, sex and race to adjust variables when calculating risks and test results. When it comes to race in estimated glomerular filtration rate equations — a test that measures kidney function — physicians only have two options: "Black" or "other," according to an April 27 report by CNN.

UMass Memorial Health Care is partnering with digital therapeutics company MedRhythms to test if music can be used in mobile health apps for patients with neurological injuries, like strokes. 

YouTube launched a public service announcement campaign to encourage people, especially those ages 18-34, to get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to an April 26 company blog post by Garth Graham, MD, its director and global head of healthcare and public health partnerships.

The average ransomware payment increased 43 percent to $220,000 in 2021, according to an April 26 report by Coveware.

Russian Foreign Intelligence Service cyberattackers are targeting American companies to gain leverage for exploitation. To secure your hospital, the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency recommends 10 tips for users and administrators on implementing mitigation measures.

From their thoughts on delivering hospital-quality care to patients' homes to tech companies' disruption of healthcare to why tech professionals want to work in healthcare, here are seven key quotes about the role of innovation in healthcare that executives from hospitals and health systems recently shared with Becker's Hospital Review:

Amid its second surge, with COVID-19 cases clocking in at about 350,000 per day, India's citizens are making use of social media apps like Tinder and Twitter to coordinate oxygen, drugs and medical supplies, according to an April 28 MIT Technology Review report. 

EHR usability issues are being associated with nurse burnout, which can lead to higher rates of surgical patient mortality and readmissions, according to a recent study published in the journal Medical Care. 

Researchers from New York City-based Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons developed an algorithm that automatically searches a patient's EHR to look for signs of kidney disease, an April 13 study published in npj Digital Medicine found.

Cerner will host the last second-dose event of its COVID-19 vaccination clinic at its Kansas City, Mo.-based campus on May 6, My Courier Tribune reports. 

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic led an $8.2 million funding round for TripleBlind, a digital privacy and data sharing platform, according to an April 27 news release.

The Department of Defense recently went live on its new Cerner EHR system across healthcare facilities in 12 more states, according to an April 27 news release.

Verily, sister company of Google, has announced Lisa Greenbaum will serve as the company's first chief revenue officer, according to an April 27 news release.

Below are five hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CIOs or chief medical information officers. 

Cerner has been recognized as the top-rated inpatient EHR vendor for integrated hospital and health systems for the second consecutive year, a Black Book report finds.

Patient ID Now is a coalition of more than 40 healthcare organizations — including five health systems — that are calling on the federal government to create and implement a national strategy around patient identification that protects patient safety and privacy.

Healthcare is not an industry that has been quick to digitize, but the pandemic has expedited healthcare's digital transformation. When deployed effectively, digital health tools can increase patient engagement, accelerate clinical workflows, optimize the revenue cycle and reduce the cost of care.