New York is planning to tighten regulation of hospital cybersecurity practices, according to draft rules reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. 

As hospitals and health systems look to foster a more patient-centered approach to healthcare delivery, they are increasing their partnerships with retailers like Walgreens, Amazon and Walmart.

As cyberattacks climb to the top of list of concerns for hospital executives, hospitals in California, Iowa, and New York have been dealing with the fallout of cyberattacks.

For the first half of 2023, there were 327 data breaches in healthcare that affected more than 40 million patients, and cybersecurity will continue to be extremely important for hospitals and healthcare companies next year.

Social Security numbers of some Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care patients were affected by an August breach on its computer systems. 

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo completed its $1.8 billion acquisition of EHR vendor NextGen Healthcare.

Allegheny Health Network and Highmark Health, both based in Pittsburgh, have launched a new teleICU program spanning across six hospitals.  

Chief medical information officers are most likely to report to chief medical officers, a new survey found.

Oceanside, Calif.-based Tri-City Medical Center is responding to a cyberattack that they are designating as an "internal disaster" forcing them to divert ambulances, local news outlet KGTV reported Nov. 9.

Millions of patients at New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health could potentially be affected by a data breach on a medical transcription service used by the health system.