The CDC awarded a five-year, $1.5 million grant to nonprofit UsAgainstAlzheimer's to launch the Center for Brain Health Equity, a data-driven collaborative focused on mitigating the negative effects the disease brings to Black and Latinx communities, the organization announced Aug.…

Last week, CipherHealth had a rare opportunity to hear directly from operations, nursing, and patient experience leaders from Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) about their response to the COVID-19 crisis. 

UnityPoint Health-Cedar Rapids (Iowa) reverted to paper records after a derecho storm with winds over 100 mph downed its network Aug. 10 at 12:30 p.m. CST.

Johnson & Johnson invested in telehealth startup Thirty Madison, a digital health company focused on managing chronic conditions.

St. Francis Medical Center is transitioning to Epic's EHR.

Gulfport, Miss.-based Memorial Hospital named Chris Belmont vice president and CIO, according to a report from the Mississippi Business Journal.

Here's the latest roundup of stories about health IT companies, including Google, Cerner and Epic.

Texas is reporting a record increase in positive COVID-19 test rates although hospital admissions are slowing, and state officials launched an investigation to determine why, according to a Bloomberg report.

Brewer, Maine-based Northern Light Health Foundation was among the hospitals and health systems affected by a security breach at Blackbaud, which hosts the foundation's fundraising database.

Telehealth company MDLive is planning a public offering that would occur in early 2021, CEO Charles Jones said on Aug. 12.