Health IT including EHRs and patient triage chatbots can help improve care, but can also contribute to potential patient harm without the proper safeguards in place.

University of Kentucky HealthCare lab scientists found false-positive COVID-19 test results when reviewing data from their Thermo Fisher testing platform, according to a report from 10 News, a local NBC affiliate.

About 90 people in Connecticut received false-positive COVID-19 tests due to a testing system flaw, according the state's public health department.

HHS says hospitalization data is available on its new COVID-19 website, but Missouri health officials said it will be a week before the state's dashboards are updated for public reporting, according to a report in the Jefferson City (Mo.) News…

Cerner on July 23 announced a new cloud-based EHR offering to help rural and critical access hospitals speed up the implementation process and reduce costs. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many providers to shift their organization's tech priorities and projects, not just in the present time but also after the crisis. 

Kalamazoo-based Western Michigan University in April began compiling the state's coronavirus data for future research after discovering the information lasted only 24 hours in the state's system, according to CBS affiliate WWMT. 

Cerner announced July 23 a new agreement to deploy Holon Solutions' point-of-care platform that can extract relevant patient information from Cerner's population health platform and deliver it into the clinician's EHR workflow.

Connecticut was among the early states hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health mobilized quickly to develop an "all hands on deck" strategy to meet the needs of patients, community members and employees.

Ellkay, an Elmwood Park, N.J.-based healthcare connectivity company, named two new executive leaders.