Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital and health system CIO and chief technology officer moves, as well as other executive moves, affecting health IT companies and federal agencies during the past month:

Apple recently listed several job openings on its website related to its health business.

One day after Cerner President Zane Burke announced plans to step down from the company, he sold 283,539 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Sept. 11, SEC filings show.

Apple's latest addition to its health team is M. Osman Akhtar, COO of the nonprofit hospital network Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services, who resigned in late August to pursue an opportunity "outside of traditional healthcare," CNBC reports.

A recent blog post by Allscripts discusses how health IT systems are working to help prevent and address the sepsis issue.

With the healthcare analytics market predicted to hit $31 billion by 2022, it is not surprising that data analytics is the most significant revolution in healthcare in the last decade.

With FDA approval to add an electrocardiogram sensor and other health features to its new Apple Watch Series 4, the tech giant has a clear demographic in mind for the technology: baby boomers, according to CNBC's Christina Farr.

All along the Southeastern coast, residents and businesses are preparing for Hurricane Florence, which was downgraded from a Category 4 storm to a Category 2 on Sept. 13., according to The New York Times.

Apple revealed the Apple Watch Series 4 will be equipped with an electrocardiogram monitor during its Sept. 12 event. However, many cardiologists have expressed concern over the move.

Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health formed a health IT-focused joint venture company with VertitechIT called baytechIT.