Brendan Carr, a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, on July 11 revealed the agency's plan to establish a $100 million connected care pilot program.

It takes healthcare organizations 20 days on average to resolve a reported computer bug, according to a HackerOne report.

Here are six recent news updates on health IT companies:

Harrisonville, Mo.-based Cass Regional Medical Center has completed about 90 percent of its recovery efforts after it discovered ransomware on its IT infrastructure July 9, the hospital said in its latest update July 11.

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System conducted a nine-month pilot program with the Uniformed Fire Officers Association of New York City, using digital health company Qardio's remote monitoring solutions for hypertension. The program resulted in an initiative that makes…

Although the value of health records on the dark web has declined, hackers are increasingly selling the personal health data of deceased patients for cryptocurrencies online, according to a column on Threatpost by Cynerio security researcher Oren Koriat.

Although Amazon's artificial intelligence-powered voice assistant Alexa has thousands of health and wellness skills — not to mention experts have touted its potential in the industry — a Quartz investigation revealed many of those skills give poor health advice.

In a recent press release, PatientSafe Solutions, a leader in mobile clinical communication and workflow solutions, announced it is launching a communications-enabled mobile rounding tool enabling clinicians to execute, document, and communicate clinical and administrative rounding in one unified app.

As healthcare providers work to improve patient outcomes under growing cost pressure, keeping patients out of hospitals and managing their long-term care in lower cost settings is imperative. However, many postacute care providers are trying to manage care transitions, avoid…

Opioid misuse and overdoses are rising at an alarming rate. The crisis is due in part to wider use of prescription opioids, despite the risk for addiction and lack of evidence about long-term effectiveness to treat pain. It will require…