UCare Minnesota, an independent nonprofit health plan, reported a data security incident that affected patient information.

Below is a roundup of marketing campaigns launched by hospitals, health systems and other healthcare organizations during September.

The care patients receive at hospitals involves many complex facets with which they may not be familiar, sometimes leaving them feeling confused and helpless during their healthcare journeys.

Here are nine recent health IT vendor contracts and go-lives accelerating digital transformation efforts at healthcare organizations.

As system director of digital marketing and consumer strategy at Adventist Health, Lauren Davis has helped spearhead the Roseville, Calif.-based health system's patient engagement initiatives in wake of the acceleration brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Universal Health Services, a 26-hospital health system, reported Sept. 28 its IT system is offline due to a security issue.

Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, both in New York City, are teaming up to study the outcomes of patients with COVID-19 who are monitored at home using remote patient monitoring technologies versus patients who receive in-person care.

Toni Reid, vice president of Amazon Alexa experience and Echo devices, outlined her outlook on managing innovative teams, women in technology and the company's hiring strategy in an article in The Wall Street Journal.

The Texas health department removed COVID-19 data related to local schools from its website after finding issues with the numbers, according to the Texas Tribune.

Ashtabula (Ohio) County Medical Center reported a computer system outage on Sept. 24 that lasted at least through the next day, according to the Star Beacon.

Valley Health System in Las Vegas turned to paper records as IT issues forced six of its hospitals to go offline, according to a report from KTNV Las Vegas, an ABC affiliate.

From Amazon and Google to Walmart and CVS, tech and retail giants are transforming the healthcare industry and fueling new needs for innovation.  

As CIO of Cleveland Clinic, Matthew Kull has led the health system's evolving digital transformation strategy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic since March.

The marketing teams within hospitals and health systems are faced with the tough task of making their organization appear as the top choice from which patients can receive care — a job with intricacies those who work outside of healthcare marketing may not fully understand.

Premera Blue Cross agreed to pay HHS' Office for Civil Rights $6.85 million to settle potential violations related to a HIPAA breach that affected more than 10.4 million people.

The lack of geographic diversity within the data that makes up medical artificial intelligence systems could mean the technology is unduly applying a one-size-fits-all approach to patient care, according to research published Sept. 22 in JAMA Network Open.

Here are the healthcare provider malware, ransomware and phishing incidents Becker's Hospital Review reported on during September.

Here are 11 recent partnerships between healthcare organizations and big tech companies including Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft. 

Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network plans to transform its former Bellevue, Pa., hospital campus into a new biotechnology, biomedical and pharmaceutical innovation hub, according to a Sept. 25 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report. 

Amazon Care recently expanded its virtual medical clinic for employees from the Seattle area to the entire state of Washington, and a Business Insider report examined where the company may be headed next.