Cincinnati- based Bon Secours Mercy Health formed a partnership with Trilliant Health, an intelligent predictive analytics and patient acquisition platform, the health system announced July 22. 

Even before the advent of social media and the ease of the rapid spread of health misinformation, the HIPAA privacy law has often been the subject of misinterpretation, The New York Times reported July 23. 

Canon Medical Systems unveiled its strategy to transform its health IT division.

Five McLaren Health Care hospitals and three medical clinics are among 169 other health systems affected by the Elekta data breach.

Healthcare marketers often must craft messages targeting older audiences, so it's important they avoid stereotyped depictions of older people as frail and incompetent, according to Harvard Business Review.

Manchester police have charged two Manchester, N.H.-based Catholic Medical Center employees in connection with the discovery of recording equipment in a staff bathroom, according to a July 23 Boston25 News report.

The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative said it has fulfilled its mission and is dissolving after more than 15 years.

Burlington, Vt.-based UVM Medical Center revealed how an October 2020 ransomware attack costing it at least $50 million in lost revenue and other expenses originated, VTDigger reported July 21. 

The following health IT moves were reported since July 9:

Kaseya, an IT security management software company, received a universal decryptor that lets victims of a July 2 REvil ransomware attack recover their files for free, according to a July 22 BleepingComputer report. 

CaptureRx, a health IT company that helps hospitals manage their 340B drug discount programs, is being accused of failing to properly protect health information stored on its network after a ransomware attack exposed at least 2,400,000 patients' information, according to court documents cited by Bloomberg Law. 

In a tech talent market that is already competitive, CIOs are now watching how inflation will affect employee hiring and retention, The Wall Street Journal reported July 21.

Bayonne, N.J.-based CarePoint Health on July 21 unveiled its new innovation center, which aims to partner with health IT vendors, investors and startups to improve patient experience and clinical applications. 

Below are five marketing campaigns launched in the past 30 days to combat health misinformation, encourage proactive health screenings, facilitate organ donations and more.

In the healthcare sector, resilience is a top priority. Even before COVID-19 arrived, health systems had started to invest in technology to support emergency preparedness, as well as to respond to the needs of the populations they serve. The pandemic, however, has offered new insights about the importance and difficulties of achieving healthcare resilience.

Stamford, Conn-based Sema4, a genomics company spun out of Mount Sinai Health System, completed its merger with special purpose acquisition company CM Life Sciences, the organizations announced July 22. 

The Department of Veterans Affairs's Cerner EHR pause will last until the end of 2021, Federal News Network reported July 21.

Google Cloud unveiled its healthcare data engine to offer end-to-end solutions from multiple platforms, such as EHRs, claims and research data.

The federal government is exploring ways to overhaul its health data reporting systems under a new task force convened by HHS' National Coordinator for Health IT Micky Tripathi, PhD, Politico reported July 21. 

A Georgia law firm penned a letter to ONC July 20 urging the agency to investigate alleged information blocking occurring within Doctors Hospital of Augusta's Meditech EHR system, Law.com reported.