Security researchers uncovered two vulnerabilities in Cisco enterprise routers that could allow hackers to remotely and fully compromise a router's network without alerting the user, Wired reports.

Since the beginning of the month, the FDA has granted several artificial intelligence-powered health IT products "Breakthrough Device" status, which does not indicate safety approval, but designates a product as potentially life-saving and fast-tracks its development, testing and approval process.

An artificial intelligence-powered diagnosis system was able to identify tears in the anterior cruciate ligament from MRI scans with sensitivity and specificity comparable to that of a team of clinical radiologists, according to a new study in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.

Solid Biosciences released its first quarter earnings on May 13, as well as an update on its efforts to develop a gene therapy treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Utica, N.Y-based Mohawk Valley Health System plans to implement an Epic EHR in June, Eyewitness News reports.

University of Arizona in Phoenix researchers received a $766,000 grant to develop alerts within an EHR system that notify physicians when a prescription drug may put a patient at risk of cardiac arrhythmia.

Livongo Health, a digital health startup aimed at supporting people with chronic conditions, has appointed Boston Children's CEO Sandra Fenwick to its board of directors.

Cerner is teaming up with DrFirst, a medication management solutions provider, to integrate data from numerous states' prescription drug monitoring programs into its EHR systems.

Athenahealth, a Watertown, Mass.-based health IT software company, appointed Bill Conway as its new chief sales officer to lead the company's strategic execution efforts and improve customers' clinical outcomes.

Ichor Biologics, a New York City-based biotech startup developing antibodies to treat infectious diseases, received a $300,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to specifically target deadly hantavirus infections.

A new artificial intelligence-powered technology that alerts a medical team upon detecting signs of a collapsed lung in chest X-rays has received FDA clearance, Israeli imaging analytics company Zebra Medical Vision announced on May 13.

A new study shows that artificial intelligence can be used to predict patients' risk of developing a potentially lethal arrhythmia after experiencing heart failure.

Grail, a diagnostic biotech startup based in Menlo Park, Calif., has narrowed its focus to just one of the three cancer-detecting genomic blood tests it has developed in recent years, the company announced this week.

Companies in various industries are getting on board with blockchain. However, the decentralized ledger is still working to overcome various challenges, including users' understanding, name recognition and regulation.

Although patient portals often have a lot of valuable features, patients' use of the portals are declining at surprising rates, according to an American Medical Association blog post.

A phishing attack on an employee's email account at Oregon State Hospital may have exposed patients' protected health information, KTVZ reports.

Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System is notifying more than 600 patients that their financial information may have been exposed, local CBS affiliate KHOU reports.

A more interoperable health system will improve health outcomes and efficiency, wrote David Brailer, MD, PhD, former health IT czar under President George W. Bush, in an op-ed for The Hill. However, achieving this goal will require tech companies and hospitals to stop viewing consumer-owned data as a threat.  

Rhode Island is creating a hotline for victims of cybercrime, according to the Politico Morning Cybersecurity newsletter.

The majority of reported patient safety events involving health information technology see either ineffective resolutions or none at all, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management.