In June, 346,546 patients from 37 healthcare organizations were affected by data breaches.

The Cambridge-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology has released its 2021 honorees for the "35 Innovators Under 35."

New City, N.Y.-based Jawonio, a provider of lifespan disability services, began notifying 13,313 patients that their data has been exposed in an email hacking incident.

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.

While BJC HealthCare must face most of the claims from a class action tied to an email data breach from last year, an Illinois federal judge tossed out an invasion of privacy claim made by the plaintiffs, according to the judge’s order hosted on Bloomberg.

The Justice Department opened a record number of healthcare fraud cases in 2020 and is focusing its fraud initiatives on healthcare employees who make false claims with EHRs, according to a June 29 Bloomberg Law report.

The next generation of solar-powered refrigerators could be crucial to inoculating the world against COVID-19, as many low income countries do not have reliable access to electricity to keep vaccines cold, NPR reported June 29.

Las Vegas-based University Medical Center was hit in a ransomware attack by an infamous hacker group, according to a June 29 report by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

From a round of employee layoffs to teaming up with Apple on a new health records-sharing initiative, here are 11 updates on Cerner's operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker's Hospital Review in June.  

University of California San Diego Health is offering its patients who have or will receive a COVID-19 vaccine a digital vaccine record that verifies their status, the health system said June 29. 

CIOs' budgets are expected to see a bump, with spending increasing on process automation, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, according to a June 25 Forrester report.

Fifteen organizations, including Johns Hopkins University and Harvard University, recently were chosen as recipients of COVID-19 data research grants funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have partnered to launch a collective focused on healthcare informatics, the organizations announced June 28. 

Digital health companies have made more of an effort to improve care for LGBTQ people in recent years, as more light has been shed on the disparities they face due to clinician prejudice and bureaucratic systems that don't account for their identities.

Cerner's leadership ranks are filled with health IT veterans. Here are 15 executives to know.

The World Health Organization released a guide for how to use artificial intelligence in healthcare settings with guidance from ethics, human rights and tech experts, according to a June report. 

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital is teaming up with the Florida-Israel Business Accelerator on a slew of innovation projects that aim to improve care delivery across the health system and Tampa Bay region, the organizations said June 29. 

Boston Children's Hospital formed a five-year collaboration focused on cell and gene therapy technologies and programs with ElevateBio, a Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech startup, the organizations said June 29. 

Hospitals and other healthcare providers are increasingly turning to security firms to manage projects ranging from HIPAA privacy assessments to implementing secure technologies. 

Hospital executives and clinicians can't definitively say COVID-19 vaccines will never cause long-term effects, but they can continue to communicate that there is no scientific evidence pointing toward those fears, emergency physician and former Baltimore health commissioner Leana Wen, MD, wrote in a June 28 op-ed in The Washington Post.