As hospitals and health systems turn their focus to innovation, several are opening new centers and partnering with other institutions to further those efforts.

Pharmacy benefits manager company Capital Rx closed on a $50 million financing round that saw participation from 10 health systems, including Houston-based Memorial Hermann and Phoenix-based Banner Health.

Hospitals and health system boards have a responsibility to focus on cybersecurity as cyberattacks harm the entire enterprise, not just the IT department, the American Hospital Association reported.

As IT chiefs add letters and words to their titles, is "CIO" on the way out, or are the responsibilities of the job what really matters?

Integration of disparate IT systems is one of the most significant challenges for healthcare CIOs and IT leaders, according to a report from healthcare operations software provider Symplr. 

With all the new health IT products on the market, KLAS Research asked CIOs and other leaders to separate the top performers from the rest.

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the University of California San Diego were awarded $8.5 million to create a data integration hub. 

Mark Howell, director of policy for the American Hospital Association, said if CMS' waiver for hospital-at-home programs isn't extended, a lot of the programs would shut down and only payer-providers could keep them going, Time reported Oct. 10. 

When Epic created its first billing system, it charged $3,000 — less than it cost the EHR vendor to make.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is working to attract biotech companies to its planned Discovery Oasis innovation hub in Phoenix, Ariz., local news outlet ABC 15 reported Oct. 11.