During the pandemic, digital transformation and telehealth adoption accelerated. But cybercrime activities targeting healthcare organizations also increased.

Healthcare CEOs' pay goes all the way up to $200 million, with a CEO at an average S&P 500 company making 299 times the salary of their average worker, according to AFL-CIO's annual executive compensation report.

HHS' Office of the National Coordinator released a timeline July 14 for its Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, which addressed ways of achieving a single pathway to interoperability across health information networks. 

University of California San Diego Health plans to begin construction on its new $70 million, seven-story innovation center next month, according to a July 13 La Jolla Light report. 

Aesthetics are a key part of any health system marketing campaign because visual imagery stirs up emotions and memories that audiences will associate with the system.

Advice from family members, friends and healthcare providers are the main factors persuading Americans who were previously hesitant to get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to research released July 13 by Kaiser Family Foundation.

Four of the top vendors hospitals use to participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive program are Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to ONC data.

Hackers recently infiltrated Fort Myers-based Florida Heart Associates' IT systems, exposing 45,148 patients' information, according to a July 13 WBBH report. 

At least three health systems have filed class-action lawsuits against Intuitive Surgical, alleging the medical device company imposes a monopoly that forces healthcare providers to purchase its replacement parts and maintenance services at high prices.

Patient safety is a top priority for healthcare systems, but traditional video monitoring solutions have fallen short of customer expectations.

Rather than making a multimillion-dollar investment to deploy a new EHR, Woman's Hospital is seeking potential health system partners that instead would let the Baton Rouge, La.-based hospital connect to their Epic system, according to the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report. 

About half of healthcare providers that have migrated to cloud platforms said they chose Amazon Web Services for its reputation as a market leader, according to a recent KLAS Research analysis. 

Data analytics software development firm CrossBridge Health recently acquired patient monitoring software developed by Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger, the companies announced July 13. 

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center conducted a study using artificial intelligence to do a deep dive into EHR notes of patients who tested positive for COVID-19 in a nationwide data lake, according to a July 13 report published in JAMA Network Open.

University Hospitals partnered with pregnancy monitoring app Babyscripts to offer virtual care for expectant mothers throughout their pregnancy and postpartum, the Cleveland-based health system said July 13.

Sioux Falls, N.D.-based Sanford Health will soon unleash an artificial intelligence tool to scan EHRs for clues a patient could have obstructive sleep apnea.

Among the world's most infamous ransomware gangs, REvil suddenly disappeared from the internet July 13, according to an MIT Technology Review report.

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health launched a new tool July 13 that scans EHR data to improve vaccine equity for patient populations most vulnerable to COVID-19. 

Bayesian Health, a health data startup created by Johns Hopkins researcher Suchi Saria, PhD, launched its artificial intelligence-powered clinical decision support platform on the commercial market July 12, according to a news release. 

Interactive media tools, such as comments, "like" buttons and other features that display online content's popularity among users, soften Americans' negative reactions to health guidance, according to a recent study published in Health Communication.