The need for technology and digital capabilities accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, underscoring the importance of data and virtual monitoring to care for all patients while hospitals focused on patients with the virus.

Electronic prescribing for controlled substances eliminates paper prescriptions, and thereby reduces the need for in-person visits, allowing patients and providers to follow social distancing policies amid the pandemic.

A research collaborative led by the University of California Berkeley has been awarded a $20 million five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a chemical innovation research center.

Epic has had a busy June that has included virtual implementations, new contracts and a partnership with a large payer.

Here are five hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CIOs.

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the business value of remote monitoring and wearable technologies for healthcare providers and insurers, according to a June 29 Forrester Research report. 

As Texas reached a single-day record for new COVID-19 cases July 1, data for individual hospitals or counties is still not available to the public, according to the Texas Tribune. 

Consumers are expecting more from their digital experience, and businesses are shifting more resources toward digital marketing as a result, according to marketing website The CMO Survey.

The Big Data and analytics company that supports the HHS data program to track COVID-19 is raising nearly $1 billion, according to an SEC filing.

Providence Ventures was founded in 2014 and manages $300 million of venture capital in two funds.

Aberdeen, Wash.-based Grays Harbor County Hospital is offering to settle a class-action lawsuit related to a 2019 cyberattack that exposed patients' protected health information.

Magellan Health and several of its entities have reported email hacking incidents affecting 364,892 individuals' health information due to an April ransomware attack on the Phoenix-based managed care company. 

Amazon recently posted several job openings related to its health business.

Here's the latest roundup of stories about health IT companies, including Apple, Cerner and Microsoft.

The pandemic forced many healthcare marketing professionals to make tough decisions about what messages to send out, and recent research insights from digital marketing service AcuityAds highlights some of the teams that may have gotten those decisions right.

The Utah Hospital Association teamed up with four of its largest healthcare systems to launch the #MaskUpUtah campaign, which encourages Utahns to wear face masks to protect others from COVID-19 contraction.

The National Institutes of Health has provided $75 million in funding over the next five years to support additional innovation in genomics and risk assessment for diverse populations.

HHS may consider proposing modifications to HIPAA rules to allow for more coordinated care in a value-based healthcare context.

Thirty-six hospitals and health systems that have taken steps to implement a new EHR or have already gone live on a new system in 2020.

Forty-seven percent of individuals use health tech such as EHR messaging systems, text messaging and email to communicate with their healthcare providers, according to a recent Regenstrief Institute survey.