Healthcare professionals, lawyers and cybersecurity experts are raising concerns about an often-overlooked bureaucratic process that can impede hospitals and medical providers in their efforts to recover from ransomware attacks, Wired reported June 24. 

KFF Health News' latest investigation into surprise medical bills poses an intriguing question for the industry: Should freestanding emergency departments be able to use "urgent care" in their names? 

Orlando (Fla.) Health's Hospital Care at Home has served 1,000 patients in Central Florida since launching 16 months ago and now is accepting participating commercial insurances.

HHS finalized its final rule outlining disincentives for hospitals, health systems and clinicians blocking patient information exchange on June 24.

Across the health IT industry, leaders are balancing pressing concerns like increasing call volume and the need to maximize revenue with limited resources. And nice-to-have initiatives just don’t cut it anymore, with those that don’t drive revenue left on the cutting room floor. So how do you balance building for the long term with the pressures you’re managing right now? 

CVS Health is preparing to debut a new app and incorporate AI-driven tools to streamline customer interactions, decrease wait time and enhance overall service quality, The Wall Street Journal reported June 20.

Better eye contact with patients. Less time looking at the computer during appointments. More thorough EHR notes.

In the coming weeks, the Biden administration is set to unveil regulations aimed at enhancing cybersecurity across the healthcare sector, GovInfoSecurity reported June 20. 

On June 20, a federal judge in Texas ruled that HHS' guidance prohibiting the use of third-party online tracking technologies on hospitals' public-facing web pages is unlawful.

Hundreds of leaders from Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and other healthcare institutions gathered recently to discuss how "platform thinking" can transform the industry.

Healthcare informatics leaders hope to use automation to bridge gaps in staffing, clinical insights and environmental sustainability, according to Philips.

A cybersecurity executive, who breached the computer system of Lawrenceville, Ga.-based Gwinnett Medical Center in 2018 in an effort to improve his company's financials, has been sentenced to two years of home detention after paying more than $800,000 in restitution, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported June 21.

Change Healthcare has started informing healthcare organizations, insurers and other entities whose data was breached in a February ransomware attack, the company said June 20.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is partnering with the Galien Foundation to boost healthcare innovation. 

Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health has launched an initiative with Best Buy Health's home-care platform, Current Health.  

An Oklahoma hospital has dropped the name of a long-ago donor in favor of the name of the town where it's located, the Enid (Okla.) News & Eagle reported.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is at the center of an HBO documentary set to air June 25.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is launching a new podcast in partnership with a public radio network.

Adventist Health Hanford (Calif.) reached a settlement with the state of California to pay $10,000 in civil penalties to resolve violations related to unauthorized protected health information disclosure. 

In a move designed to bolster healthcare, medical education and biomedical research, Lifespan Health and Brown University, both based in Providence, R.I., finalized their expanded affiliation agreements.