Los Angeles-based Barlow Respiratory Hospital is investigating a ransomware attack after hackers posted stolen data online.

Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health on Oct. 19 joined 14 other health systems in investing in Xealth, a digital health startup spun out of Renton, Wash.-based Providence in 2017.

As it continues to accelerate digital transformation and consumerism efforts, Memorial Healthcare System is restructuring several leadership positions, including CIO, to better support its patient engagement and IT agendas. 

Executives in tech and other industries are watching closely as Elon Musk and other CEOs move their corporate headquarters to states with less restrictive COVID-19 regulations, Bloomberg reported Oct. 18.

Brands usually are apprehensive about complimenting competitors, as many marketers say doing so gives a rival free publicity. However, health systems might have an opportunity to improve patients' perceptions of them by giving competitors their due, according to a study in the Journal of Marketing.

During the first 15 months of the pandemic, physicians experienced "a small but sustained increase" in EHR messages from patients, despite a decrease in the number of patients seeking care during the same period, according to research published Oct. 12 in JAMA Network Open.

Jefferson Health tapped General Catalyst to serve as its innovation partner, helping the Philadelphia-based health system tackle digital transformation initiatives, including modernizing tech platforms and diversifying its revenue streams, according to an Oct. 18 news release. 

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System is warning patients that scammers are spoofing phone calls to make it appear as if they are coming from Henry Ford Macomb Hospital.

From Optum's lawsuit against former employees to class-action lawsuits against UF Health that affected more than 700,000 patients, here are seven recent lawsuits and settlements over data breaches making headlines:

Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health began notifying 3,099 patients that hackers breached employee email accounts, according to data the organization shared with the Maine attorney general's office Oct. 15.

There are computer products that optimize workflows for coders and clinical documentation specialists. New computer-assisted physician documentation systems leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning to support physicians, who play a key role in the documentation process.

Doctor On Demand and Grand Rounds unveiled their new brand after several mergers in 2021.

Nineteen states rolled out lotteries for COVID-19 vaccine recipients, but none of them saw increased vaccination rates as a result, according to a study published Oct. 15 in JAMA Health Forum.

HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is shifting its Standards Version Advancement Process to offer more time for federal and healthcare industry collaboration.

Karen DeSalvo, MD, chief health officer of Google Health, outlined four ways the tech giant plans to solidify its role in healthcare after the COVID-19 pandemic in an Oct. 17 blog post.

Newark, N.J.-based University Hospital began notifying thousands of patients that their protected health information was exposed by a former employee.

Healthcare has been working on transforming the patient experience for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the transformation of one key area: the digital front door, the collection of digital touchpoints between patients and healthcare organizations. Digital front door is not a technology; it is a strategy for engaging patients at every touchpoint through an integrated, optimized ecosystem.

Epic and Cerner have launched vaccine passports to help patients who use their EHRs to verify their vaccination status.

Below are five organizations that announced plans to implement an EHR or deployed a new EHR in the past five weeks.

Television shows — medical dramas, in particular — are writing storylines about COVID-19 with the help of physicians and public health experts, The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 15.