Healthcare providers are doubling down on software investments as they emerge from the pandemic, focusing on revenue cycle management, patient intake and cybersecurity, according to an Oct. 17 report from KLAS Research and Bain & Co.

Six health systems have reported that some of their patient and employee data has been compromised due to a ransomware attack against third-party printing vendor Kaye-Smith.

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health released findings from a study on the effect of digital medicine and remote patient monitoring on Medicaid patients with Type 2 diabetes and hypertension who participated in the health system's digital health pilot program.

Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System said that some of its employees' personal data was scooped up in a ransomware attack against third-party printing vendor Kaye-Smith.

The use of telehealth is effective at reducing odds of no-show clinic visits by more than two-thirds for surgical patients. 

University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center has selected medical imaging IT company Sectra's cloud-based service to provide imaging throughout the system's six hospitals and nine urgent care centers.

Partnerships can be hugely beneficial for both groups in the health IT industry. 

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health signed an agreement to acquire three new Connecticut hospitals, which will improve EHR sharing for the health system, Yale Daily News reported Oct. 17. 

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health said Cincinnati-based TriHealth and Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health are not being affected by the ransomware attack that has plagued the hospital giant's IT systems.

Two large health systems — Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare and Houston-based Memorial Hermann — recently switched their EHRs from Oracle Cerner to Epic, continuing a trend of bigger hospital groups moving to the Verona, Wis.-based software giant.