Eleven early-stage companies developing digital solutions to address social determinants of health, prescription drug pricing and more of healthcare's most pressing issues have advanced to the final stage of the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge.

Different agencies and services in New Orleans have been shut down due to a Dec. 13 cyberattack, which has not been confirmed as a ransomware attack, according to CNBC.

Anthem plans to give its more than 40 million members more control over their medical records through blockchain solutions, according to Forbes.

An employee at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital improperly disposed patients' meal tray tickets, potentially exposing some of their protected health information, according to NBC Bay Area.

Wilmington, Del.-based ChristianaCare and Medtronic have partnered to develop and deploy medical technologies and therapies to improve patient outcomes, the organizations announced Dec. 16.

Cheyenne (Wyo.) Regional Medical Center is notifying 17,549 patients of a security incident that may have exposed their protected health information.

During his time as CIO of Mayo Clinic, Cris Ross has transformed the Rochester, Minn.-based health system's IT strategy and led a systemwide medical record conversion program.

As 2019 comes to a close, hospital and health system CIOs are evaluating what they've accomplished in the past year and what comes next in supporting their organizations' overall missions of delivering quality care.

Even after securing millions to build an innovation hub, partnering with high-profile industry players to launch cutting-edge initiatives and gathering a dedicated team of innovators, a healthcare innovation program can still be easily sidelined if that team has not been…

Hackensack (N.J.) Meridian Health on Dec. 13 said it paid an undisclosed amount in ransom to stop a cyberattack that had caused a two-day shutdown of its computer network last week, according to Asbury Park Press.