To craft successful strategies, health system marketing and communications teams need to be well-informed about their organizations' holistic operations and maintain collaborative relationships with other departments.

Most larger healthcare organizations are prepared for ONC's new information blocking rules, but not as many hospitals and health systems feel confident that the regulations will support any improvements to healthcare interoperability, according to a recent KLAS Research report.

A database containing medical records of almost 200,000 U.S. military veterans was recently discovered to have been exposed online by a vendor contracted by the Veterans Administration, according to a May 11 Threat Post report.

The pandemic has forced healthcare organizations to recognize how slow they have been to adopt new technologies and to refocus efforts on developing both patient-facing and worker-facing solutions.

New Haven, Conn.-based Yale University is partnering with pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim to launch a Biomedical Data Science Fellowship program aimed at innovating drug discovery.

Bose is releasing the first FDA-cleared direct-to-consumer hearing aid that users can adjust on their own using an app.

Google plans to double the size of its artificial intelligence ethics team in the next few years, following controversy over Google's treatment of whistleblowers critical of its AI approach, according to a May 11 article by The Wall Street Journal.

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed ahead a very big shift that was already trickling into the healthcare industry, which is digital health and virtual engagement.

The California Department of State Hospitals recently discovered additional protected health information that had been improperly accessed through an employee data breach, according to a May 11 news release. 

Scripps Health CEO Chris Van Gorder thanked all employees and physicians of the San Diego-based health system May 10 in an internal memo addressing the May 1 cyberattack that forced the hospital to shut down its IT systems. 

Big Tech dominates many aspects of Americans' lives. Through a series of health IT acquisitions, the tech giants are becoming a staple of healthcare.

The Biden administration is partnering with Uber and Lyft to coordinate free rides for people who want to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Facebook has become a go-to for pharmaceutical companies looking to target their drug advertisements to users who suffer from a specific illness, according to a May 6 report by The Markup.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is teaming up with NxgenPort, a biomedical technology company that builds remote patient monitoring devices.

The hack on Colonial Pipeline Co. over the weekend has underscored the threats that ransomware attacks are posing across several industries, including hospitals and health systems, according to a May 10 WTVD report. 

Below are seven hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking chief information security officers in the last month.

Consumers increasingly expect to have user-friendly digital interactions with their healthcare providers, so it’s imperative to ensure your organization’s digital front door is strong and engaging. Otherwise, your organization may not be meeting consumers’ needs.

Mobile health apps and wearable devices have surged, with the potential to track patients' health in between physician visits. These devices can improve patient health and offer an opportunity to incentivize healthy behaviors, according to a May 7 report published in Harvard Business Review.

University of Texas Dell Medical School researchers are building new blockchain technology to devise a better way for people experiencing homelessness to have their identity verified and shared by healthcare providers, according to a May 10 Austin American-Statesman report.

Digital therapeutics and virtual care provider Biofourmis named Maulik Majmudar, MD, its new chief medical officer, the Boston-based company said May 10.