Cyberattacks through emails are way up at hospitals and health systems in 2023, software company Abnormal Security reported.

As New York City-based Mount Sinai moves its Epic EHR system to Microsoft's cloud, it has been able to use new technologies such as artificial intelligence to drive greater efficiencies, as well as improve its cybersecurity posture. 

WVU Medicine said data for a limited number of its patients was compromised due to a breach at Nuance Communications, a healthcare artificial intelligence company owned by Microsoft that the health system works with. 

From adding new hospital clients to launching an artificial intelligence-focused partnership with big tech, Meditech has had a busy month.

Let's Talk Interactive, a software company specializing in telehealth, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sept. 21, the Charlotte Business Journal reported. 

At Duke University's Duke Institute for Health Innovation, a group of researchers created an algorithm designed to pinpoint individuals with peripheral artery disease by analyzing diagnosis codes and their medical histories, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 24. 

Honolulu-based Hawaii Pacific Health created an initiative, dubbed "Get Rid of Stupid Stuff," that created simple fixes to tasks within the EHR that clinicians felt were poorly designed, unnecessary or nonsensical, The Harvard Business Review reported Sept. 26. 

Boston Children's Hospital and T-Mobile are partnering to launch the first hybrid 5G network at a health system.

Ten health systems have joined Transcarent's National Independent Provider Ecosystem, which aims to provide self-insured employers with health services at cheaper and pre-negotiated bundled prices. 

Meditech is expanding its artificial intelligence-focused partnership with Google to auto-generate clinical documentation.