The personal health information of 612,000 Medicare beneficiaries has been breached from CMS contractor Maximus Federal Services.

As hospitals and health systems are turning to emerging AI technologies such as generative AI and large language models to automate tedious tasks, many leaders are urging caution, stating that these tools could provide patients with inaccurate information or cause unintended harm. 

Amazon Web Services said it will make tweaks to its new clinical documentation tool, AWS HealthScribe, based on feedback to ensure it is working "at scale," CNBC reported July 26.  

A bill has been proposed to give Cary Medical Center, based in Caribou, Maine, a $9.8 million grant to get an EHR system. 

EHR giants Epic Systems, Oracle Cerner and Meditech are continuing to add hospitals and health systems to their rosters. Here is a look at the hospitals and health systems getting new EHR vendors and who they are switching to in 2023:

An employee email account from Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health was accessed by an unauthorized party, potentially breaching some patients' protected health information. 

Informa, a global business-to-business events company based in London, plans to acquire the HIMSS Global Health Exhibition/Conference, hosted by the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society.

Several hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are facing lawsuits regarding data breach incidents that compromised patients' protected health information.

Health system leaders have differing opinions on the usefulness of billing patients for MyChart messages, with some telling Becker's it will relieve burdens on healthcare providers and others saying it will just create another one.

Apple has filed a patent for technology that would allow AirPods to track brain activity in another move in the healthcare wearables race for the tech giant.

Florida is requiring all state employees to undergo cybersecurity training through the CyberSecureFlorida Training Initiative, according to a July 27 report from FOX 13 News.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has named Manmohan Mahajan its new interim global chief financial officer, as its current executive vice president and global chief financial officer, James Kehoe, is set to leave the company in August. 

Healthcare CIOs told Becker's they expect 5G networks to have a tremendous effect on healthcare as hospitals look to integrate more digital tools within their care delivery system.

Google Cloud is partnering with CareCloud to bring generative artificial intelligence tools to ambulatory practices in outpatient settings. 

After a series of data breaches resulting from third-party MOVEit software, industry group Health 3rd Party Trust Initiative is getting together with hospitals to crack down on vendor breaches.

The MOVEit data breach continues to take more victims across a variety of industries, including hospitals and health systems across the U.S., which is causing the number of individuals whose data has been stolen to rise to 34.5 million, TechCrunch reported July 27. 

The MOVEit data breach that has affected millions of people across a variety of industries has claimed another health system victim: Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center, WFAA reported July 20. 

Health systems that were named among the most empowering brands in healthcare told Becker's they are "laser-focused" on putting patients first and personalizing their care.

IBM is collaborating with the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy to build a new digital platform that can bring visibility to the drug supply chain. 

While generative artificial intelligence has potential for healthcare, its actual uses are "overhyped," according to B.J. Moore, CIO of Renton, Wash.-based Providence.