Healthcare organizations continue to search for ways to improve monitoring and treatment of patients managing glycemic issues.

From HCA Healthcare teaming up with Google Cloud to build healthcare algorithms to Amazon Care, Intermountain and Ascension's joint home care coalition, the first half of 2021 has recorded several new partnerships between Big Tech and healthcare providers. 

The National Institute of Standards and Technology launched a study to quantify how much physicians trust artificial intelligence. Without trust in AI, physicians may be skeptical of adding automated diagnosis and guidance to patient care plans, according to a June 22 article by Wired.

Ransomware payments are highly discouraged by the federal government, yet more than a third of healthcare organizations affected by attacks might be discreetly paying the ransom, according to a report by cybersecurity firm Sophos.

The University of Chicago Medicine and COTA, an oncology data and analytics firm, are launching research to investigate racial disparities in cancer care.

Ensuring clinical documentation is completely and accurately captured in a patient's medical record is essential for health systems, as this not only affects revenue but also patient outcomes

Recognizing a need for centralized health data to answer key questions about COVID-19, the National Institutes of Health extracted siloed data at the beginning of the pandemic to establish a national COVID-19 database. Now, it's one of the largest collections of COVID-19 patient data in the world, MIT Technology Review reported June 21.

Google has made moves to expand its presence in the healthcare sector during the last 12 months, including multiple partnerships with health systems, several new product launches and efforts to facilitate the country's COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

Four class-action lawsuits have been filed against San Diego-based Scripps Health after an April 29 malware attack that exposed more than 147,000 patients' health information, according to a June 22 San Diego Union-Tribune report. 

Marshalltown, Iowa-based Wolfe Eye Clinic began notifying 500,000 patients that their data was exposed in a ransomware attack on the chain's 40 locations across the state.

Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health has entered a 10-year strategic partnership with Siemens Healthineers focused on scaling healthcare innovation, improving workforce development and launching a joint intelligence center, the organizations announced June 22. 

The Department of Veterans Affairs' $16 billion plan to modernize its EHR with Cerner has had its share of roadblocks. It has paused three times, is possibly billions of dollars over budget, and has caused countless difficulties for VA staff and patients.

EHRs are designed with specialists' needs in mind, which exacerbates challenges for primary care providers and may impede patient safety, according to a May 25 study published in the journal Human Factors.

From the departure of its CEO to bringing on a new financial chief, Kansas City, Mo.-based Cerner has made several changes to its leadership team in the first half of 2021. 

Researchers from the University of Chicago released a playbook with four steps to diminish biases in artificial intelligence in healthcare, according to a June report by the Center for Applied AI at Chicago Booth.

An Ohio state contractor said June 21 that Ohio Medicaid providers' data has been exposed in a data breach on a vendor's app, according to a June 22 report by Dayton Daily News.

The CDC rolled out a new WhatsApp chat June 21 to provide reliable information about COVID-19 vaccines in Spanish, NBC News reported.

Below are seven marketing campaigns launched in June to raise awareness about brand identity and certain issues affecting public health.

The Duke Clinical Research Institute, part of Durham, N.C.-based Duke University School of Medicine, established a new center for exploring and evaluating digital health measures and technologies, the institute said June 22. 

Scripps Health is being accused of failing to properly secure and protect patients' health information stored within the San Diego-based system's network, which a malware attack compromised April 29, according to court documents.