Today's Top 20 Health IT Articles
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The questions health system CIOs have after the global IT outage
Jeffrey Ferranti, MD, chief digital officer of Duke University Health System, was awakened in the early morning hours of July 19 with a text that the computers at his hospitals were down. His first thought: ransomware attack. -
Northwell Health expands into filmmaking
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is launching its own internal content studio that will partner with established and emerging filmmakers in a bid to "humanize" healthcare through filmmaking. -
Optum closing clinics, laying off 500+
Optum is closing clinics in multiple states and laying off 524 employees across California. -
Microsoft teams up with Mass General Brigham
Microsoft, Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham and the University of Wisconsin—Madison School of Medicine and Public Health are working together to advance artificial intelligence in medical imaging. -
CommonSpirit Health's bill collector hacked
A company that provides bill collection services for Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health fell victim to a cyberattack. -
Amazon seeks Epic EHR experience
Amazon continues to seek staffers for its healthcare businesses. Here are six health tech jobs the company is hiring for this month. -
Inside Penn Medicine during the global IT outage
Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine's top executives were awakened by urgent phone calls at 2:30 a.m. on July 19 after finding out that CrowdStrike's global IT outage was affecting their organization, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported July 23. -
House calls on Crowdstrike CEO to testify on IT outage
Republican leaders of the House Homeland Security Committee are calling on cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike's CEO to appear on Capitol Hill regarding the global IT outage that affected healthcare organizations across the country, The Washington Post reported July 22. -
Commure to acquire Augmedix in $139M digital health deal
Healthcare software startup Commure has agreed to acquire artificial intelligence medical scribe company Augmedix for $139 million. -
HHS seeks AI, data and technology chiefs
HHS is hiring for three C-level tech positions. -
39 healthcare providers sue UnitedHealth over Change hack
Thirty-nine healthcare providers and the National Community Pharmacists Association are suing UnitedHealth Group over the Change Healthcare hack, claiming they have not financially recovered from the cyberattack. -
9 former HHS, VA chiefs: Healthcare needs 'cyber dome'
America needs a "cyber dome" to protect against the increasing number of cyberattacks that are plaguing healthcare, according to nine former HHS and Veterans Affairs secretaries. -
VA's Oracle Health EHR 'not dependable,' senator says
U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana, chair of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs' Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, said VA pharmacy staff are struggling with Oracle Health's EHR pharmacy software functions. -
OpenAI searching for healthcare expertise
OpenAI, the company that created ChatGPT, is searching for healthcare expertise to add to its team. -
Mayo Clinic, Epic collaborate on generative AI for nurses
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is collaborating with Epic and healthcare artificial intelligence company Abridge to develop a generative AI tool for nurses. -
Michigan Medicine email breach exposes patient information
A cyberattack compromised three employee email accounts at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine, which led to about 56,953 individuals being personally notified. -
Vermont hospital CEO suggests statewide Epic EHR rollout
As rural hospitals grapple with eroding profits, one Vermont hospital CEO suggested giving hospitals and clinics in the state access to an Epic EHR system, Valley News reported July 21. -
Why UCHealth backed a patient access startup in $10M deal
Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth led a $10 million funding round for a patient access startup the health system says can create a "more seamless and integrated" healthcare experience. -
Memorial Sloan Kettering employees fall victim to phishing scam
Several employees of New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center got tricked by an email phishing scam after a hacker took over one of their co-worker's accounts. -
'Worse than a cyberattack': 10 notes on the Microsoft-CrowdStrike IT outage
Hospitals and health systems continue to recover from a July 18 IT issue disrupting service for some Microsoft customers.
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