TransUnion finalized its acquisition of information services and tech company Neustar for $3.1 billion, the credit reporting agency said Dec. 1. 

HHS unveiled a website Dec. 1 for its 405(d) Aligning Health Care Industry Security Approaches Program that offers healthcare providers and public health officials cybersecurity and patient safety resources and best practices. 

Four of the top vendors hospitals use to participate in the Medicare EHR incentive program are Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to ONC data.

Bayfront Health rebranded three of its hospitals and their affiliated medical groups to unite under the name ShorePoint Health, the St. Petersburg, Fla.-based system said Nov. 30.

Time released its "100 Best Inventions of 2021" list, and it featured several healthcare technologies.

Hospitals operate on thin margins, so marketing departments often have to craft campaigns on restrictive budgets. Here, marketing executives from seven health systems across the country share tips on how to launch a successful campaign on a tight budget.

Ryan Smith will leave his role as CIO of Intermountain Healthcare early next year to serve as COO of Graphite Health, a digital health platform launched by the Salt Lake City-based health system and other providers, according to a Dec. 1 news release. 

Healthcare data is growing exponentially, with information coming from multiple sources including EHRs, claims, registries, clinical trials, patient and provider surveys, wearables and more.

MidMichigan Health has been renamed MyMichigan Health, the Midland-based health system announced Dec. 1. 

Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina on Dec. 1 began a partnership with healthcare automation company Notable to improve the digital patient experience.

Five healthcare providers have agreed to pay monetary settlements and start corrective action plans for potential violations of HHS' HIPAA Right of Access Rule, according to a Nov. 30 news release. 

Optimizing the revenue cycle is a top priority for many healthcare providers. To do this, many organizations are turning to robotic process automation to reduce inefficiency and free up human resources.

Imaging technologies powered by artificial intelligence have proliferated in recent years, yet adoption of these technologies, which are designed to assist with the complexities of diagnostics and their associated workflows, has not kept pace.

Revenue cycle management is elevating pressure on health systems to do more with less: process a growing volume of increasingly complex coding, billing and collections activities with fewer staff members who are harder to recruit and retain.

Direct-to-consumer DNA testing company 23andMe is spending the funds it raised during its recent public listing on the development of two cancer drugs, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 30.

Zoom has begun accepting beta customers for its new integration with Cerner's EHR platform, which will let providers launch virtual visits directly within the video conferencing platform. 

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health inked a multiyear deal with patient engagement platform Playback Health to provide patients with resources and care plan information via audio, video, picture and text. 

Foster City, Calif.-based biotech Gilead chose Amazon Web Services as its preferred cloud provider, the companies announced Nov. 29.

From reams of paper stashed in filing cabinets to digital folders housing historical data, medical record archiving has changed dramatically in the last two decades. As organizations transition to new healthcare information systems, legacy information must be archived, but it still must be accessible.

One of healthcare marketing professionals' main goals is to build trust, but that can be difficult to achieve across an entire health system.