Augusta (Ga.) University is notifying 417,000 patients about a potential compromise of their protected health information after hackers stole 24 employees' email account login credentials through a series of phishing emails in September 2017.

Cerner will take over the IT department at Medical Center Health System in Odessa, Texas, under an agreement the Ector County Hospital District board of directors approved Aug. 16, according to OA online.

In our last discussion, Jessica and Whitney spoke about how service lines and medical groups can live symbiotically, rather than just “coexisting” within the same organizational ecosystem

Google is reportedly working on a health and fitness assistant to compete with the likes of Apple, Fitbit and Garmin, according to Wareable.

Providers who adhere to clinical decision support alerts embedded in EHRs report better clinical outcomes for their patients than those who don't, according to a study published in the American Journal of Managed Care.

The most common cybersecurity vulnerability among medical devices relates to user authentication, which is often the first line of defense against a hacker, according to a MedCrypt report.

The Internet of Medical Things market is expected to be worth $158.1 billion by 2022, but a few key challenges are standing in the way of its continued growth, according to a Deloitte report.

Rockford, Ill.-based SwedishAmerican implemented an Epic EHR July 1.

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U.S. News & World Report released its Best Hospitals rankings for 2018-19 on Aug. 14, and Becker's Hospital Review looked into which EHRs the top 20 institutions are using — across the board, the answer was Epic.