North Mississippi Health System in Tupelo selected Mercy Technology Services to help install Epic as its systemwide ambulatory EHR, Mercy confirmed June 5.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 6/5/18

Hospitals that have adopted information exchange practices within their organizations are less likely to share information with outside healthcare facilities, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 6/5/18

The American Medical Association proposed a "baseline policy" to guide its engagement with healthcare stakeholders and federal policymakers interested in using augmented intelligence in healthcare in a May report to its board of trustees.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 6/5/18

At its Worldwide Developer Conference June 4, Apple unveiled a number of health-related products and initiatives, including an improved smartwatch activity tracker to monitor specific exercises like yoga, reports Politico Morning eHealth newsletter.  By Julie Spitzer - 6/5/18

Orlando-based Florida Hospital is working with GE Healthcare to build a command center armed with artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to streamline the hospital's clinical operations.  By Julie Spitzer - 6/5/18

More than half (58 percent) of senior healthcare executives at organizations that recently merged or acquired another organization said they discovered a cybersecurity problem with the newly added company after the deal was completed, according to a survey commissioned by West Monroe Partners, a management consulting firm.  By Julie Spitzer - 6/5/18

Thermo Fisher Scientific, a biotechnology product developer, opened the U.S. Precision Medicine Science Center in Cambridge, Mass., which aims to provide access to technologies and expertise that furthers precision medicine.  By Anuja Vaidya - 6/5/18

Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City, Mo., implemented two Infor Healthcare solutions: Infor CloudSuite Healthcare and Infor Cloverleaf Clinical Bridge.  By Anuja Vaidya - 6/5/18

In a recent press release, Voalte, a leader in healthcare communication technology, announced that Johns Hopkins Medicine, an $8 billion integrated global health enterprise and one of the leading healthcare systems in the United States, will implement Voalte smartphones for clinical communication starting at two of its hospitals:  By Staff - 6/5/18

With an increased emphasis on data security regulations, many businesses are turning to Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).  By Mark Hickman, COO of WinMagic - 6/5/18

Security has always been a top-of-mind concern for healthcare organizations because of the critical and confidential nature of the information they generate and house.  By Laurie Lafleur, Senior Imaging Consultant, Paragon Consulting Partners, LLC - 6/5/18

In a recent press release, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced they cleared the Biograph Vision, a new positron emission tomography/computed tomography system from Siemens Healthineers that delivers a new level of precision in PET/CT imaging.  By Staff - 6/5/18

CMS surpassed its year one goal for participation in the Quality Payment Program with 91 percent of clinicians eligible for its Merit-based Incentive Payment System participating, CMS Administrator Seema Verma wrote in an agency blog post.  By Julie Spitzer - 6/5/18

In healthcare, using more IT security doesn't equate to fewer data breaches, according to a new study published in MIS Quarterly.  By Julie Spitzer - 6/5/18

Apple opened its iPhone-based health records feature to developers and researchers so they can create apps that use health record data to help users better manage medications, nutrition plans and diagnosed diseases.  By Julie Spitzer - 6/5/18

Artificial intelligence applications will save the global healthcare sector an estimated $52 billion by 2021, according to report by market research advisory firm ABI Research.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 6/4/18

Boulder (Colo.) Community Health plans to transition its facilities systemwide to an Epic EHR.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 6/4/18

Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health entered into a multiyear EMR application managed services support agreement with HCTec, a provider of health IT optimization solutions and services.  By Anuja Vaidya - 6/4/18

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System and RenalytixAI, a subsidiary of EKF Diagnostics, entered into a multiyear license and collaboration agreement to commercialize a set of artificial intelligence tools focused on kidney care.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 6/4/18

An artificial intelligence system increased clinical trial enrollment among breast cancer patients at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, according to an abstract presented June 2 at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 6/4/18