The financial challenges facing health systems are well documented. Declining reimbursement, regulatory uncertainty, rising bad debt due to increased enrollment in high-deductible health plans — these and other challenges have been examined in scholarly, trade and lay publications alike. It's…

Here are 17 health information technology notes:

Digital currencies and other financial technologies are "shaking" the banking system, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde told CNBC.

After the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act was passed in 2009, physicians were hopeful that EHRs would improve efficiency and care; however, 10 years later, the technology systems still have a long way to go, otolaryngology…

Hospitals and health systems within the U.S. account for around one-fourth of all U.S. cyberattacks, making healthcare the No. 1 industry targeted by data breaches, according to a survey from law firm BakerHostetler and cited by Corporate Counsel.

Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business.

The U.S. Department of Defense has narrowed its vendor search for its cloud computing services contract to Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, CNBC reports.

Most organizations (77 percent) do not have a cybersecurity incident response plan applied across their enterprise, according to a recent survey sponsored by IBM.  

Amazon has thousands of employees around the globe who are tasked with listening to and transcribing Alexa conversations to help enhance the virtual assistant's understanding of human speech, Bloomberg reports.

Teladoc Health is working with Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center to develop its first consumer-specific pediatric telehealth platform.