Nordic, an EHR consulting company for systems including Epic, Cerner and Meditech, announced Sept. 1 it will lay off 72 out of its more than 1,000 U.S.-based employees in response to financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the start of 2020, widespread use and adoption of remote patient monitoring (RPM) was still struggling to get off the ground, despite the technology being available for years.

Sylvia Romm, MD, left her role as chief innovation officer at Atlantic Health System to focus on her role as interim health lead of virtual care at digital health company Cityblock Health.

Some hospitals and health systems have downsized their information technology departments during the past year due to restructuring, lost revenue during the pandemic and outsourcing.

Charleston, S.C.-based Roper St. Francis Hospital began notifying 6,000 patients Sept. 3 that their medical records and information had been exposed after a hospital employee's email account was hacked, according to local ABC affiliate WCIV. 

HHS on Sept. 3 released the Rural Action Plan, an agencywide assessment of current and upcoming rural healthcare efforts, including increasing technology and innovation via telehealth expansions. 

Children's Hospital Los Angeles is spearheading a new digital health accelerator that will link 26 hospitals across the U.S., U.K. and Australia with 10 tech companies focused on increasing digital innovations in pediatric healthcare. 

Two major health systems in the Midwest were affected by the global data security incident at Blackbaud, a company that hosts fundraising data for large organizations.

Here are three hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking information technology executives.

Daniel Durand, MD, chief innovation officer of Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health, traces his passion for health IT to the beginning of his residency training two decades ago as he dealt with frustrations of paper charting and tech inefficiencies.