Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville, Tenn., will spend about $30,000 on a medical records backup system for its physicians group after a three-day computer outage affected 90 of its physicians in early May, according to The Daily Times.

EHR vendors have contributed significant dollars to political candidates, campaigns and organizations in recent years  — via leadership, employees or their own political action committees.

The ONC opened submissions for its Certified Health IT Product List Data Challenge on July 10.

The cybersecurity sector saw growth in venture capital funding during the second quarter of 2018 after three consecutive quarter of declining investment, according to a joint report by PwC and CB Insights.

Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System opened a telehealth center at a Trinity, Fla.-based YMCA in June as part of an ongoing effort to expand healthcare services in the Tampa Bay community.

Artificial intelligence startups received more than $2.3 billion in venture capital investments during the second quarter of 2018 — a new record for the sector, according to a joint report by PwC and CB Insights.

Researchers are increasingly mining data found in EHRs for various studies, bringing to light an unexpected ethical dilemma: What if the research team finds an untreated health concern while reviewing an individual patient record?

Epic signed six new hospital contracts outside of the U.S. in 2017, more than doubling its growing market share in those regions, according to KLAS Research report.

Here are eight recent health IT vendor contracts and go-lives:

In the last month, 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.