Vaccine hesitancy and resistance can stem from a variety of factors, so it's critical that healthcare communication professionals appeal to the concerns of specific populations when promoting COVID-19 vaccines. What works in one state could be ineffective in another, according to a Sept. 25 Bloomberg report.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center welcomed eight health tech startups to join the newest class of its innovation accelerator, the hospital announced Sept. 27. 

HealthEdge, a tech management platform for health plans, tapped Anshul Pande as its new senior vice president of research and development, the company said Sept. 24. 

Amazon has revealed three new capabilities available to hospitals via Amazon Connect, a feature on Amazon Web Services' cloud, the company said Sept. 27.

Health IT companies that fail to comply with federal information-blocking prohibitions this year could be penalized as much as $1 million per violation, according to a Sept. 27 Bloomberg Law report.

The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are warning of the increased use of Conti ransomware after more than 400 attacks on American and international organizations were reported, the organizations said Sept. 22.

Google and Cue Health, Google's COVID-19 test provider, are planning to create an advanced respiratory biothreat-detection system, according to a Sept. 24 CNBC report.

Alongside a nationwide hiring push and digital healthcare expansion, CVS Health is looking to bring on an executive to oversee its health informatics business, according to a recent job posting. 

Epic has rolled out technology that serves as a digital vaccination verification by binding a person's identity with their vaccination or lab results and displaying it via QR codes on a smartphone, Wisconsin State Journal reported Sept. 27. 

Amazon Web Services is committing $40 million over three years to its new global program to support equity in health outcomes. Here are three key details:

Below is a list of investments that health systems made in digital health startups and internal innovation efforts in the last 30 days.

Elligo Health Research, a healthcare research company that uses EHRs to connect patients to clinical research, has raised $135 million in a series E funding round.

A former patient has sued UC San Diego Health claiming the health system took too long to notify patients of a data breach and that it had inadequate cybersecurity measures in place after hackers accessed employee email accounts for four months, according to a Sept. 24 report by the The San Diego Tribune.

A ransomware attack on Berlin, N.H.-based Coos County Family Health Services caused an IT outage and forced some of its clinics to shut down, according to a Sept. 23 Conway Daily Sun report.

Telemedicine and pharmacy discount company GoodRx on Sept. 23 launched GoodRx Health, an online hub providing research-based answers to health questions.

Private equity firm Veritas Capital and Elliott Investment Management are considering business options for Athenahealth including selling the Watertown, Mass.-based EHR company for $20 billion or filing an initial public offering, Bloomberg reported Sept. 23. 

Using or falsifying vaccine records is a federal offense, with each offense carrying the potential for prison time, according to NBC affiliate WUSA 9.

Washington, D.C.-based Children's National Research & Innovation campus is projected to add nearly 1,000 news jobs with a focus on research and science, according to a Sept. 22 NBC 4 report.

Below are five hospitals that have announced name changes or other rebranding efforts since Sept. 7.

Verily, Alphabet's life sciences arm, is looking to untangle itself from Google to prepare for a future outside its parent company and a potential IPO, according to a Sept. 21 Insider report.