Several issues are contributing to the state underreporting COVID-19 cases and deaths, California health secretary Mark Ghaly, MD, said on Aug. 4, according to The Press-Enterprise.

Health IT investment is still important, despite the new financial realities for health systems that lost millions or billions of dollars during the pandemic.

Hospitals across the country are looking to restore revenue after drops in patient volumes due to canceled or postponed nonemergency services led to reimbursement that is significantly lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Aug. 3 unveiled its violence data dashboard to track the scope, frequency and populations affected by violence in the state.

Google is updating its COVID-19 contact-tracing framework, developed in partnership with Apple, to accommodate user privacy concerns, according to a July 31 company blog post.

Houston-based Baylor College of Medicine is launching a study to help surgeons better assess if they've successfully removed a breast tumor.

Here are some of the recent leadership changes affecting health IT.

Globe, Ariz.-based Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center went live Aug. 1 on Meditech's web-based EHR system Expanse, according to Copper Country News.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine did not provide the COVID-19 contact tracing data update during his Aug. 4 public briefing, as he had promised the week before, according to a report from Cleveland.com.

Public health officials in California warned that the state's decline in COVID-19 case rate may be inaccurate due to a test processing glitch, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.