With the digital shift in healthcare well underway, IT leadership roles continue to evolve. That includes chief technology officers, a position that has existed for years but has recently taken on different responsibilities.

The FDA released a final guidance Sept. 28 on what kinds of decision support software it intends to regulate. 

Magellan Health will pay $1.43 million to settle a lawsuit over a May 2019 phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information of 273,000 patients, Top Class Action reported Sept. 28. 

Pharmaceutical company Qnovia has raised $17 million in series A funding.

Seventeen companies have been awarded a combined $650 million IT contract from the Veterans Health Administration, according to Sept. 29 reporting in Govconwire.

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger, Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center, Boston-based Tufts Medicine, Epic and Oracle Cerner are among the participants in a project to screen for and share patient data on social determinants of health in EHRs, the White House said…

Stafford Springs, Conn.-based Johnson Memorial Hospital is alerting patients that a data breach at a law firm potentially compromised some of its patient data, Journal Inquirer reported Sept. 28. 

Epic is working to develop a new software application that aims to help physicians treat patients with rare diseases, WisBusiness reported Sept. 28. 

BrightInsight is part of venture capital firm General Catalyst's "health assurance" network that is partnering with hospitals on innovation, the digital health company said Sept. 27.

Three top executives are out at healthcare automation firm Olive, a company spokesperson told Becker's.