From new partnerships to asset sales to novel cybersecurity initiatives, here's the latest roundup of stories about health IT companies, including Epic, Allscripts and Amazon.

Banner Health will implement Innovaccer's interoperability platform as part of its patient data consolidation strategy, according to an Oct. 15 news release.

Connecticut is set to roll out its statewide health information exchange this fall after years of setbacks and faulty launches, Hartford Business Journal reported.

OptumCare physicians have conducted about 1 million digital clinical visits in 2020 so far and the company anticipates more in the future.

DJ Patil, PhD, the nation's first chief data scientist from 2015 through 2017, learned important lessons about data after he left his post as the head of technology at Devoted Health this spring to help California with its COVID-19 response.

Avia, a Chicago-based digital health network for healthcare organizations, recently renewed and formed new partnerships with health systems including Geisinger and OSF HealthCare, according to an Oct. 14 news release. 

Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial inadvertently mailed patient letters that enclosed the wrong patients' information, according to a statement from the hospital.

Alistair Erskine, MD, is the chief digital health officer at Mass General Brigham in Boston, responsible for the health system's data management.

South Dakota's state COVID-19 dashboard inaccurately reported hospital bed availability, stating some hospitals were at capacity when they weren't for a few hours earlier this week until the error was noticed and fixed, according to a report in the Argus…

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense and U.S. Coast Guard linked up their joint health information exchange with CommonWell Health Alliance Oct. 9 to expand their network of providers.