The Fetal Diagnostic Institute of the Pacific in Honolulu is notifying 40,800 patients to a potential data breach after it fell victim to a ransomware attack in June, according to HHS' Office for Civil Rights breach portal.

Here are nine recent news updates on health IT companies:

Cigna launched a venture to fund startups offering analytics, digital health and care management services, the company said Sept. 12.

A federal appeals court upheld a CRISPR patent awarded to the Cambridge, Mass.-based Broad Institute in a unanimous decision Sept. 10, STAT reports.

Mercy Technology Services, the IT arm of Aurora, Mo.-based Mercy health system, launched a cloud-hosted imaging software solution.

Healthcare is the only industry vertical with more insiders causing data breaches, as opposed to external actors or partners, according to Verizon's 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report.

The Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center at the Nellis Air Force base in Las Vegas is the first site to connect to the Veterans Affairs Department's teleICU center, located in Minneapolis, according to Air Force Medical Service.

In a recent press relese, Medix, a national organization specialized in workforce solutions and recruiting skilled personnel for clients in Healthcare, Scientific and Information Technology industries, announced it has rebranded its Epic advisory and workforce solution practice into the Alidade Group…

A new analysis by Clemson (S.C.) University researchers and shared with The Wall Street Journal revealed nearly 600 Twitter accounts tweeting ACA information meant to further polarize voters were linked to a Russian company.

Four scientists have won coveted awards from the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation for their contributions to genetics research and development of a widely-used anesthetic known as "milk of amnesia," the foundation announced Sept. 11.