Today's Top 20 Health IT Articles
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GE Healthcare launches 5G innovation lab for remote tech
General Electric Healthcare has launched its first 5G innovation lab. -
Amgen joins $25M funding round for mRNA tech startup
Venture capital firm Amgen Ventures joined a $25 million series A fundraising effort for startup Kernal Biologics. -
CVS creates new tech role to oversee CIO
CVS has appointed a new C-suite executive who will oversee the CIO and other tech leaders at the company, The Wall Street Journal reported July 8. -
How inflation is affecting health system CIO decisions
With inflation at a more than 40-year high, CIOs are rethinking their spending to cope with the rising costs of IT supplies, services and talent. -
Well Health names Iain Paterson chief information security officer
Well Health has selected Iain Paterson as its chief information security officer, the Santa Barbara, Calif.-based digital health company said July 8. -
2022 cloud expenditures forecast to surpass traditional IT infrastructure spending
Spending on the cloud is expected to eclipse traditional IT infrastructure expenditures later this year, according to a recent report from market intelligence firm International Data Corporation. -
Rush CIO Jeff Gautney is 'rebuilding' IT foundation to make way for innovation
When Jeff Gautney took over as vice president and CIO of Rush University Medical Center last August, he focused on "rebuilding the basement, the kitchen and the bathrooms — those foundational things that enable you to have that really cool living room," he told Becker's. -
Top 10 EHR vendors by global market share
Oracle Cerner was the global leader in EHR market share in 2021, serving about 2,389 hospitals worldwide, according to a July 7 report from KLAS Research. -
Under pressure: Health system marketing leaders on their greatest challenges
From pressure to take a stance on social issues to higher expectations from the C-suite, challenges abound for health system marketing departments. Here, three health system marketing leaders share the most challenging issues they are facing. -
OhioHealth to cut 567 IT jobs
OhioHealth revealed plans to lay off 567 IT workers as it shifts the work to Accenture, a professional services company, in a strategic move to focus more on improving patient care and services, according to The Columbus Dispatch. -
14 hospitals, health systems seeking EHR talent
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. Here are 14 hospitals and health systems that have posted job listings seeking EHR and IT expertise in the last month. -
IBM Watson rebrands to Merative
The healthcare data and analytics company formerly known as IBM Watson has rebranded to Merative, reflecting its acquisition by Francisco Partners. -
Racial bias found in pulse oximetry at VA hospitals: study
A significant difference in the ability of pulse oximetry to detect low oxygen concentrations for white and Black patients has been found within inpatient departments in Veterans Health Administration hospitals, according to a study published July 6 in the British Medical Journal. -
VA watchdog clears IT leader of misconduct allegations
An agency watchdog cleared a Department of Veteran Affairs' former IT leader of three misconduct allegations brought by the department's former chief information security officer, FedScoop reported July 5. -
Digital health company Babylon makes moves toward profitability
Babylon, a digital health firm based in London, said July 6 that it's implementing revenue and cost efficiencies to speed up its path to profitability. -
VCU Health misplaced protected info for transplant donors, recipients for 16 years
VCU Health disclosed they had recently learned that beginning as early as Jan. 4, 2006, information about transplant donors had accidentally been included in files for their transplant recipients and vice versa. -
CVS-owned pharmacy company becomes target of ransomware attack
Heartland Healthcare Services, a pharmacy company owned by HCR-ManorCare and CVS Health, notified patients that an April data breach has compromised the protected health information of some customers. -
Digital health platform raised $72M to reach $1B valuation
Corona del Mar, Calif.-based Tebra has raised $72 million to reach a valuation of $1 billion. -
Most digital marketing dollars going to paid channels
Marketers spend most of their digital advertising dollars on paid channels, according to a July 6 KO Marketing article. -
VA migrates digital surgical consent platform to Microsoft's cloud
Taylor Healthcare has centralized its iMedConsent platform to the Department of Veteran Affairs' enterprise cloud system.