One of the latest ways hackers are getting into hospital and health system IT networks is through "smishing," or phishing via text messages, HHS reported Aug. 10.

Older Americans are more concerned than their younger counterparts about artificial intelligence being used in their healthcare, business analytics firm Morning Consult reported.

The data breach toll due to a hacking incident at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine has increased from 5,500 people to 310,405, WBAL reported Aug. 10. 

Here are nine notes on Epic's dominance in the U.S. EHR market.

Hospital and health system CIOs told Becker's that IT staffing remains a major challenge for their organizations as they are in a global competition with other companies for talent, yet some of them have been forced to lay off their IT employees this year due to financial and operational challenges. 

Top executives aren't immune to weak passwords that put the entire organization at risk for a cyberattack.

Microsoft recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are three open positions as of Aug. 11:

St. Louis-based Mercy has been placed in the top 16 percent of all health systems using the Epic Systems application.

Epic has changed the face of healthcare; becoming the one source of truth and reporting for many organizations. It provides a wide range of comprehensive functionalities across patient experience, clinical documentation, reporting, and the revenue cycle. It has truly transformed the patient experience with portals for convenient appointment scheduling, viewing of medical records, and the ability for patients to easily communicate with their providers. It’s highly customizable and configurable based upon the needs of the organization and can be tailored to tie in with existing workflows. Its interoperability allows streamlined communication and workflows across internal departments with rich data reporting and actionable insights to drive decision making. Lastly, given the critical importance of quality clinical data in healthcare pared with regulatory compliance such as HIPAA, Meaningful Use and MACRA, Epic helps organizations maintain data security and avoid compliance related fines and penalties.

Less than one year after ChatGPT's debut took the digital aspect of many industries by storm, 18 percent of healthcare employees say they use the tool frequently, according to a July LinkedIn poll conducted by Becker's. 

Julie Eastman, Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health's new CIO, says as technology continues to develop rapidly, architecture will matter more than ever. This is why the CIO is laser-focused on creating an adaptive IT stack that can evolve with the organization's changing needs.  

Sanford Fargo (N.D.) Medical Center is applying predictive models and risk stratification to its electronic medical record to inform clinical decision-making, Susan Jarvis, vice president of operations of the health system, told Becker's. 

The University of Kansas Health System has been able to cut clinicians' documentation time from five hours to one using AI technology from Abridge, Fox4 News reported Aug. 9.  

Cigna Healthcare is offering customers new digital health tools through a partnership with Virgin Pulse.

Nashville Biosciences, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is collaborating with Standigm, a company that uses artificial intelligence for drug discovery and development, to customize AI models for drug discovery.

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System is partnering with digital health company Clearstep to install new digital and artificial intelligence tools within the system.

Over 40 million patients have been affected by the 327 data breaches that have been reported to the HHS' Office for Civil Rights since the start of 2023.

The chief marketing officers at U.S. News & World Report's 2023-24 Honor Roll hospitals come from a variety of backgrounds, including a former Coca-Cola executive, an ex-TV reporter, and a one-time manager for country star Billy Ray Cyrus.

Here are three hospitals and health systems appointing new chief marketing officers to their teams, as reported by Becker's since June 20:

Epic clients can now run their EHR databases on Microsoft's Azure Large Instances, with New York City-based Mount Sinai becoming the first.