A nurse in southern Illinois claims she was fired from the Clinton County Health Department in April after she refused to violate HIPAA, according to a report from the Belleville News-Democrat.

William Mintz will serve as Kansas City, Mo.-based Cerner's new chief strategy officer. 

Houston Methodist is teaming up with Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, to collaborate on medical innovation initiatives as well as continuing education and training for healthcare professionals. 

The federal government is planning to publicize the names of hospitals that have not met COVID-19 data reporting requirements, according to a Sept. 2 report from The Wall Street Journal.

Hawaii partnered with Google to develop a new mobile app to track and trace passengers that arrive on the islands to encourage travelers while also stemming the spread of COVID-19, according to a report from Simple Flying.

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

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis notified state health agencies Sept. 1 to immediately cut ties with Quest Diagnostics for COVID-19 testing after the company reported almost 75,000 tests late on Aug. 31, CNBC reports.

Salt Lake City-based University of Utah's nursing college, therapeutic games division and apps lab are collaborating on a new mobile app that helps pediatric cancer patients log their symptoms and share their health data with their care teams, according to…

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Apple and Google will build their joint COVID-19 notification system into future versions of their respective iOS and Android operating systems, no longer requiring users to download separate apps to participate in contact tracing efforts, according to CNBC.