Samsung SDS and Tech Mahindra have partnered to collaborated on a global blockchain network.

Blockchain developer Augusta HiTech launched its first blockchain-powered EHR platform, which streamlines data sharing between patients and emergency medical services.

Google is in the processes of dismantling a panel that aims at reviewing its artificial intelligence solutions in healthcare, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Telehealth provider GlobalMed appointed Shannon Murphy, a former Microsoft executive, as chief technology officer.

Becker's Hospital Review reported the following health IT executive moves affecting hospitals, companies and federal agencies during the past month:

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System announced April 11 it received a $6 million donation toward its IT and telemedicine-enabled plastic and reconstructive surgery suite.

Ovia Health, a developer of fertility, pregnancy and parenting-tracking apps, shares user data with employers and insurers as a way to monitor employees' health, The Washington Post reports.

Six recent health IT vendor contracts and go-lives:

Clinical decision support software designed to help guide physicians' imaging decisions may reduce MRI and CT scan orders, according to a study published in PLOS One.

Seventy-eight percent of healthcare professionals expect health IT companies to "somewhat," or "significantly," increase by 2020, according to Venrock's 2019 Healthcare Prognosis report.