Healthcare Information Technology

Black Book Research released its rankings of the top revenue cycle management companies for 2022. The results were based on surveys of about 1,100 health […]

University of Maryland Medicine is starting a precision health research database involving hundreds of thousands of people it says could revolutionize medical treatment and disease […]

Up-and-coming tech hot spots like Atlanta and Miami saw significant salary growth during the pandemic, a recent report from career website Dice.com found.

Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania created a non-fungible token, designed after the university’s licensed mRNA modification technology that is used in Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, […]

From artificial intelligence being rolled out for improved patient outcomes to virtual reality usage for medical training, health systems and hospitals are using technology and […]

The University of Illinois at Chicago teamed up with  the University of Mohamed Premier (UMP) in Oujda, Morocco, to collaborate on health IT and clinical […]

Technology companies are increasingly lifting college degree requirements in the face of ever-evolving tech skills and a competitive market for talent, a report from Boston-based […]

In our increasingly technological society, data scientists are both in demand — and highly paid.

Working together and fostering new relationships are one associate CMIO’s annual goals.Marcus Speaker, MD, is the associate chief medical information officer at Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion […]

A health tech company that helps streamline hospital and clinic check-ins has raised eyebrows for its practice of using patient data to create ultra-targeted advertising, […]

Michael Dowling, CEO of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, said the health system will prioritize using technology to maximize the customer relationship, patient relationship, […]

A tracking tool installed on some hospital websites has been gathering patients’ protected health information and sharing it with Facebook, The Markup reported June 16. 

Despite headlines about the slowing of hiring in the tech industry, technology positions remain in demand at many healthcare companies and hospital systems.

A conversation about digital health, disparities and COVID-19.Tony Ambrozie serves as the senior vice president and chief digital officer of Coral Gables-based Baptist Health South […]

A CIO dives into the challenges and expectations of IT within the next two years.Daniel Nigrin, MD, is the chief information officer at Portland, Maine-based […]

New York City-based Mount Sinai has partnered with technology company mphrX to deploy a clinical data sharing platform that is designed to meet the 21st […]

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health tapped industry cloud company Infor to transition its supply chain and financial applications to Amazon Web Services.  

Dive into Dr. Pirtle’s excitement about data-sharing frameworks and the consumer-centric ecosystem.Claude Pirtle, MD, serves as the vice president, chief medical information officer and assistant […]

CIO Curt Cole uncovers the biggest challenge facing the virtuous cycle. Curt Cole, MD, is the chief information officer and an associate professor of clinical medicine at […]

A doctor discusses the rising healthcare costs across America.Vanessa Hill, MD, serves as the medical director at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio and as […]

A vice president of Parkview Health talks about the benefits of virtual care.Michelle Charles, MSN, RN, serves as the vice president and chief nursing informatics […]

A CIO discusses how automation will benefit patients and employees.Mark Combs is the associate chief information officer at Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon Health System. Mr. Combs will […]

While MBA graduates often go on to work in finance or consulting, they are just as likely to join tech companies, an analysis by Fortune […]

Companies are apt to pay hefty salaries for rare, in-demand tech skills, particularly ones related to enterprise-level infrastructure, such as data storage and discovery, and […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order last September requiring hospitals to collect data on the amount of money spent to care for immigrants […]

Many people absentmindedly check yes to organ donation, giving the potential to save lives. Electing to share your health data should be viewed and organized […]

A growth equity firm has acquired health tech consulting company Nordic Consulting Partners. 

Computer systems analysts, also known as systems architects, make an average of $99,270 annually, according to the latest data released March 31 by the U.S. […]

Many tech occupations experienced a pay bump during the COVID-19 pandemic, a dynamic driven by rising costs for many goods and services partnered with a […]

Several major tech companies are slowing their hiring amid recent market tumult, Yahoo reported.

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System has launched a hospital-at-home program to provide acute care to patients in their home.

Tech workers at established companies are increasingly leaving to work for fintech startups, Bloomberg reported June 5.

From cloud migrations to health equity coalitions, health systems and organizations have been busy in late May and early June creating partnerships.

The pandemic greatly shifted the employment landscape in the U.S., accelerating trends that were already well underway.

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger will roll out biometric facial recognition to check in patients throughout its entire health system.  

Hospital CIOs began to emerge as key strategic leaders years ago after the implementation of EHRs, and their influence in the C-suite continues to grow.

With the rise of remote work, the pandemic had a profound effect on where tech workers chose to live.

Tech workers saw a rise in pay during the pandemic amid a competitive talent market and rising costs for many goods and services.

From tech talent shortages, to an increased pressure to innovate, Becker’s spoke to four hospital and health system chief information officers and chief digital and […]

Healthcare is behind other industries in digital transformation and customer service. Now is a prime time to catch up, according to Lisa Goodlet, CFO of […]

The pandemic helped narrow the geographic pay gap for tech workers, Protocol reported May 31.

Dr. Maulik Purohit is associate chief medical information officer at Cleveland-based University Hospitals, where he assesses technology’s influence on the medical field. He leverages artificial […]

Amazon, Google, Microsoft and more are competing for healthcare cloud market share as large and small health systems across the U.S. are eager to join […]

The pandemic altered the migration pattern of U.S. tech workers, as they were more free to move where they chose in an era of remote […]

Perioperative leaders focus on structuring block schedules by surgeon or service line to maximize use of operating rooms.

Perioperative leaders focus on structuring block schedules by surgeon or service line to maximize use of operating rooms.

Artificial intelligence used in healthcare requires a distributed regulation approach that involves both centralized agencies like the FDA and decentralized agencies, argues a team of […]

From healthcare data sharing partnerships to innovation accelerators, big tech companies and disruptors have made several moves in healthcare throughout the month of May.

Hospitals had to move quickly in the last two years to transform their digital assets for better data-gathering, virtual care and operational efficiencies. Data analytics […]

Digital technologies, artificial intelligence and automation applied in healthcare the same as it is in other industries could be revolutionary.

The global chip shortage is hampering the medical device industry and threatens to put the lives of patients at risk, the CEO of one of […]

The booming tech sector remains a heavily male industry. Here are 20 states that have done the best and — worst — in closing that […]

One of the top priorities for Michael Pfeffer, MD, as CIO of Stanford Health Care, is figuring out how to recruit and retain top talent. […]

ChristianaCare will integrate hospital robots directly into its Cerner EHR to anticipate clinician and patient needs and perform tasks without human involvement.

From big corporations to fast growing start-ups, women executives in the health tech industry are making a mark in their organizations. Twenty-five such leaders have […]

Geisinger tapped Amazon as its strategic cloud provider and plans to transition its entire digital portfolio of more than 400 applications and numerous workflows to […]

The fourth industrial revolution that brought digital technology to lives around the world has the potential to revolutionize healthcare through artificial intelligence, but before it […]

With remote tech jobs growing more than fourfold during the pandemic, tech workers have had greater freedom the last two years in choosing where to […]

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has invested a minority stake in Karkinos Healthcare, a tech-based oncology platform. 

To ease healthcare workforce burnout, health tech companies can look to design their platforms with ease, simplicity and standardization in mind, recommended new HHS guidance. 

From international entrepreneurship partnerships to artificial intelligence algorithms, health systems, healthcare organizations and big tech have all invested in several key health IT innovations and […]

Healthcare technology company Athenahealth has named John Hofmann CFO. He began in the role May 23.

The IT teams for health systems are evolving as organizations mature in digital transformation and aim to become more agile in the future.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health’s recently recruited inaugural chief digital officer, Jared Antczak, is excited about the future of healthcare and wants to transform the […]

Here are the top 50 healthcare technology CEOs of 2022, according to Healthcare Technology Report:

The healthcare cloud computing market is a big one — and expected to get bigger. It’s currently valued at $18 billion and predicted to grow […]

Siloed IT teams in healthcare organizations are becoming obsolete. Health systems are embracing the benefit of IT collaboration across departments, and especially with clinicians, to […]

Healthcare delivery is at a crossroads.

Microsoft’s chief executive told employees the company would boost pay amid U.S. inflation reaching a four-decade high.

From women’s health to at-home care, nine health startups made CNBC’s 2022 disruptors list as companies with promise and potential. 

Researchers have been able to train a deep learning model to accurately predict a patient’s race from just medical images, like X-rays and CT scans […]

Healthcare has faced rapid change in the last few years amid the pandemic, and digital transformation is not slowing down.

Information security analysts, who ensure security controls are in place, make an average of $113,270 annually, according to the latest data released March 31 by […]

The White House announced May 12 that it is licensing key COVID-19 vaccine and research technologies to the World Health Organization, The Hill reported.

New York City-based Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Troy, N.Y.-based Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will co-create a center for precision medicine and engineering.  

Six healthcare leaders from some of the largest corporations in the nation discussed how healthcare will change as technology advances and creates a digital-first system, […]

Brad Reimer, CIO of Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, S.D., has staffing issues for the entire system top of mind as he keeps an eye […]

The tech industry is warning lawmakers that the wave of remote working is leading to offshoring talent from the U.S. unless the nation admits more […]

From innovation incubators for underrepresented health tech founders to the implementation of wayfinding apps, there have been several innovative partnerships and technology launches from health […]

NYU’s CIO and CDO is all about creating seamless technological experiences for all, bringing value to the organization and investing in innovative tech. 

The Association of American Medical Colleges experienced an outage of its residency application services, prompting the association to switch to Amazon’s cloud to mitigate the […]

The following health information technology company leadership and executive moves have been reported by Becker’s Hospital Review since April:

Keith Dreyer, the chief data science officer for Boston-based Mass General Brigham says a major problem holding back artificial intelligence is a lack of research […]

As retail pharmacy chains rely on automated technology to fill prescriptions, a group of physician leaders is waving a red flag, stating that this technology […]

The two most pressing challenges in health tech are privacy and the integration of AI, said Micky Tripathi the national coordinator for health IT at […]

Tech millionaires in California are trying to raise money from other wealthy Californians to fund public health initiatives with the aim of preventing another pandemic, […]

After months of collecting sensitive health information in the form of vaccine passports and COVID-19 test results, organizations must decide what to do with the […]

A project in which non-fungible tokens, which resemble celebrity physicians, would be sold to give buyers access to the real-life physicians is facing a number […]

From drone medication delivery to more accessible healthcare analytics, big tech companies and disruptors have made several moves in healthcare throughout the month of April.

UnitedHealth Group will sell Change Healthcare’s claims-editing business if its deal to acquire the health technology company is approved by regulators. 

UnitedHealth Group will sell Change Healthcare’s claims-editing business if its deal to acquire the health technology company is approved by regulators. 

Graphite Health, a digital marketplace that allows health systems to adopt tools easily and efficiently, appointed Ted Gaubert, PhD, as chief technology officer.

Hospital robots have been developed to carry out certain tasks that have saved nurses time, Wired reported April 19.

Data analytics company Palantir expanded its deal with the CDC to modernize disease monitoring through a platform called Data Collation and Integration for Public Health […]

From hospital-at-home partnerships to innovation accelerators, the first half of April has seen many innovations and partnerships between hospitals, health systems and tech companies. 

From AI platforms that match nurses with open assignments to an internal traveling nurse initiative, here are six Becker’s reports on tech and program investments […]

The Department of Health and Human Services will research algorithm bias as part of the Biden administration’s efforts to prioritize equitable health outcomes nationally, FedScoop […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a letter to healthcare providers April 11 reminding them that AI programs for detecting strokes are currently not […]

Medical ethicists believe non-fungible tokens could give patients more control over their medical data and allow them to track biological samples taken from their bodies, […]

More than 80 percent of companies expect to increase or maintain technology spending in the next 12 months, with healthcare, life sciences and financial companies […]

Amazon is looking to hire a health executive adviser with clinical operations background and experience working with healthcare provider organizations and their C-level teams. 

Managing inpatient capacity is a complex balancing act of coordinating bed availability, patient throughput and staffing needs in unison to ensure that physical and human […]

Managing inpatient capacity is a complex balancing act of coordinating bed availability, patient throughput and staffing needs in unison to ensure that physical and human […]

After becoming the federal government’s first chief technology officer in 2009, Aneesh Chopra  took his expertise into the healthcare sector, becoming president of healthcare analytics […]

The Moving Health Home coalition is working to acquire additional data and long-term solutions to establish a permanent hospital-at-home care program for patients in the […]

Geisinger’s precision health initiative, MyCode, has enrolled 300,000 participants, according to a news release the Danville, Pa.-based system sent to Becker’s April 5.

Port Townsend, Wash.-based Jefferson Healthcare named Debra Tesch as health information management and privacy officer, the health system announced March 29.

A story detailing the uncertain future of Oracle after it completes its $28 billion acquisition of Cerner was Becker’s most-read health IT story in March.

Cleveland Clinic opened its 184-bed hospital March 29 in London and equipped it with advanced medical and surgical technologies.

N.J.-based Englewood Health named Inderpal Kohli as vice president of information technology and chief information officer, the health system announced March 28.

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health launched a business division that will accelerate investments and partnerships focused on clinical, operational and technological advancements.

From healthcare innovation start-ups to hack-a-thons, the latter part of March has brought a range of partnerships and programs launched at hospitals and health systems. 

March brought some big healthcare headlines from tech companies, including Microsoft and Google. Use of artificial intelligence in healthcare and cloud computing were among some […]

Private equity firms Berkshire Partners and Warburg Pincus have agreed to buy a significant stake in the health system revenue cycle management company Ensemble Health. 

Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System partners with a hybrid care startup to deliver affordable onsite care to small employers.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic will use an artificial intelligence natural language processing tool from Google to better track and analyze language-based information in patients’ EHRs, […]

In February, Daniel Barchi, CIO of NewYork-Presbyterian in New York City, told Becker’s that health IT is 80 percent people, 15 percent process and 5 […]

The pandemic emphasized the need for data scientists as nations and organizations took to creating their own COVID-19 dashboards for public health knowledge. Here are […]

RaDonda Leanne Vaught faces criminal charges over a fatal medication error she made in 2017. Her trial raises important questions over medical errors, reporting and […]

RaDonda Leanne Vaught faces criminal charges over a fatal medication error she made in 2017. Her trial raises important questions over medical errors, reporting and […]

New York City-based Mount Sinai partnered with former Google quantum tech company Sandbox AQ to protect millions of patient records using encryption technology.

New York City-based Mount Sinai partnered with former Google quantum tech company Sandbox AQ to protect millions of patient records using encryption technology.

The CIO role has shifted; once a leader in tech, CIOs are now a member of the executive team, with increasing responsibility revolving around consumer […]

Carissa Rollins, former CIO of UnitedHealthcare, joined genome-sequencing company Illumina to accelerate its technology strategy, The Wall Street Journal reported March 21.

The CDC is asking its staff to improve how it collects and analyzes public health data, Politico reported March 21. 

The Audrain Community Hospital in Mexico, Mo., and the Callaway Community Hospital in Fulton, Mo., will temporarily limit services because of an issue with IT […]

The lack of reliable internet access is a factor consistently associated with high risk of death from COVID-19, according to a study published March 4 […]

Salesforce is expanding its healthcare offerings via its Customer 360 for Health platform, the company announced March 16 at HIMSS 2022.

GE Healthcare partnered with AliveCor to integrate real-time data from personal electrocardiogram devices directly into hospital workflows.

Healthcare organizations need an enterprise-wide data strategy to get managers the right data with the right analyses at the right time, according to a March […]

Strategic Partnerships, Product Innovation and Customer Expansion Underpin Insulin Dosing Technology Company’s Sustained Growth

The U.S. market has emerged as the preferred launch site for new medical technology as FDA regulations prioritize developers and innovation, according to a survey […]

Below are six hospitals and health systems that posted job listings in the past month seeking CIOs.

A new survey reveals that hospitals are lagging behind other industries when it comes to cloud adoption, especially when it comes to multicloud adoption.

From artificial intelligence tools to telehealth, March has brought several partnerships between a number of health systems, start-ups and federal agencies. 

Phillips introduced a cloud-enabled health IT platform and operational and analytics platform to improve clinicians’ performance and efficiency.

Modernized public data health infrastructure is needed to protect health and save lives, five former CDC directors said in an opinion article for The Hill. 

Oracle’s is unclear after the company completes its $28 billion acquisition of Cerner, according to a March 11 Seeking Alpha report.

Microsoft, Meta, Google and Apple are among 60 companies that published an advertisement in a Texas newspaper condemning the governor’s policy to define gender-affirming care […]

Oracle’s cloud computing business saw 24 percent growth in revenue for the quarter ending Feb. 28 over the previous year to $2.8 billion as its […]

Here are five key health IT acquisitions that have been announced or have closed in 2022.

From AI that can summarize physician notes to a virtual care startup that specializes in giving rural patients more access to healthcare, new healthcare technologies […]

Although artificial intelligence has been touted as the next big thing in healthcare, its adoption within health systems is very slow. This may be due […]

CommonSpirit Health partnered with Dignity Health Global Education to create an online learning platform to help graduate nurses transition to professional clinical practice.

Hospital CIOs must stay on top of trends to maintain successful digital strategies, as technology and the culture around it are constantly evolving. Becker’s talked […]

Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are 10 open positions as of March 8:

Microsoft completed its $19.7 billion acquisition of Nuance, an AI speech recognition company, that aims to expand Microsoft’s cloud services to the healthcare industry, Engadget […]

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, whose technology modernization efforts haven’t gone as planned, is hoping a former Microsoft executive can transform its aging systems, […]

Nigam Shah, PhD, has been named the inaugural chief data scientist for California-based Stanford Health Care.

Spokane, Wash.-based Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center’s services came to a halt after an update to a troubled computer system left patient data corrupted and unusable, […]

The Department of Health and Human Services’ first chief artificial intelligence officer departed the agency, and a new CIO was appointed, FedScoop reported March 2.

Although most patients with medical devices appreciate their effect on health outcomes and quality of life, difficult-to-use design and tech issues hold the wearables back.

Although most patients with medical devices appreciate their effect on health outcomes and quality of life, difficult-to-use design and tech issues hold the wearables back.

Although TikTok has been useful in bringing mental health issues to the forefront and encouraging open conversation, some young people are using the platform to […]

Fitbit has recalled 1.7 million of its Ionic smartwatches due to potential burn hazards, according to a March 2 U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission notice. 

Despite being a midsize health system, OSF HealthCare pumps a lot of time, effort and investment into innovation and technology. Its chief medical officer for […]

Amazon posted new job openings related to its health business. Below are 10 positions the company recently posted:

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has received 299 complaints of information blocking since it banned the practice in April.

On Feb. 24, the HHS released a list of current and planned supply chain initiatives that includes investing in AI to keep pace with public […]

As February comes to a close, here are some of the biggest healthcare headlines from Big Tech companies, including Apple and Amazon. 

The CDC has updated an online interactive map that lets individuals access data about their community level COVID-19 cases as well as a list of […]

CIOs from health insurers Humana and Anthem weighed in on the complexity of their roles and how they went from making enterprise technology decisions to […]

In December, WHO and the National Academy of Medicine established a set of policies to help counteract the increase of health misinformation being posted on […]

Daniel Barchi serves as senior vice president and CIO of the $10 billion system of NewYork-Presbyterian in New York City. With 45,000 employees and 2 […]

CIO pay increased by 21 percent this year from last, as technology played a vital role in businesses’ and organizations’ growth and development, The Wall […]

Artificial intelligence-enabled medical devices disclose very little to the public about their inner workings, but the FDA can promote increased transparency by requiring more and […]

Washington, D.C.’s health department COVID-19 vaccine record portal was deactivated after officials received reports of people receiving other people’s records, NBC Washington reported Feb. 16.

Boston-based Mass General Brigham implemented two technologies that were crucial for delivering hospital-level care to patients at home.

The Justice Department again is considering a lawsuit to block UnitedHealth Group’s acquisition of Change Healthcare, according to a Dealreporter article published Feb. 15. Change […]

The pandemic laid bare critical flaws in the U.S. healthcare system, one of them being the country’s struggle to efficiently manage health data at a […]

Doximity, a health IT and telehealth networking platform often referred to as the “LinkedIn for doctors,” has continued to grow since filing its initial public […]

Athenahealth has been acquired by private equity firms Hellman & Friedman and Bain Capital for $17 billion.

Adoption of technology in healthcare could have revolutionary effects, but so far those have failed to come to pass. Physicians may be standing in the […]

COVID-19 insights, increased funding, advancing patient care and creating new partnerships are just some of the first-year accomplishments achieved by Truveta, a comprehensive, de-identified data […]

Health Affairs’ entire February issue is devoted to the topic of racism and health, but Google and Twitter are blocking its paid media ads to […]

HHS has awarded nearly $55 million in total to 29 health centers to increase healthcare access for underserved populations through virtual care.

From digital front doors to apps for nurses, February 2022 has brought partnerships between a number of hospitals and tech companies. 

Some healthcare systems have inaccurate details about patients that have been negatively impacting care, finances and operational goals, according to a Feb. 10 Sage Growth […]

UI Health achieved stage 7 on the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s eight-stage Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity, Anwar Jebran, MD, a clinical informatics […]

The World Health Organization released a policy brief aimed at identifying and eliminating ageism from AI technologies’ design, development, use and evaluation.

Chief information officers are taking on multiple roles, and in turn executive titles, to meet the increased demand companies are seeing for technology and digital […]

The Biden administration will be using new strategies to improve COVID-19 hospitalization reporting, according to two senior officials cited by Politico Feb. 7.

When IBM first launched Watson Health, many were excited about the potential for the tech giant to use its deep expertise to apply artificial intelligence […]

Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are 10 open positions as of Feb. 7:

Seven moves among health IT executives reported by Becker’s this year:

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Mayo Clinic’s Hybrid Care Hotel, a virtual hybrid care model, has been popular with surgical patients, according to survey results published in the […]

Using cellphone mobility data and hospital admissions data, the University of Texas at Austin developed a prediction model that has helped Austin maintain the lowest […]

Arien Malec, Change Healthcare’s vice president of research and development, said healthcare business models are to blame for health data interoperability issues in a Jan. […]

Amazon posted new job openings related to its health business. Below are nine positions the company recently posted:

Artificial intelligence machine learning models, trained using health data, can predict a patient’s risk of being hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a Nov. 15 study […]

St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis’ home-based health monitoring program has been invaluable for tracking COVID-19 patients who […]

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic on Jan. 27 selected Oracle’s cloud and analytics suite to power its business processes.

The CMS data on vaccinated hospital employees is at odds with many hospitals’ own counts, with CMS underreporting vaccination rates, MedPage Today reported Jan. 25. 

IBM Corp. has found its recipe for success  —  cloud computing and artificial intelligence. The company reported higher earnings and revenue due to its new […]

Two U.S. representatives wrote a letter asking the CDC to release information on long-term COVID-19 that includes data on race, gender and age, The Washington […]

Ensuring patient-focused care and a successful transition to value-based care will require a complete overhaul of the way data is measured and applied to healthcare, […]

Change Healthcare is considering selling off some of its assets to aid the deal with UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum, Bloomberg reported Jan. 25. 

Increased investment in innovative technology, solutions to ease workforce challenges and rising interest in home care all represent key investment trends for healthcare in 2022 […]

Blockchain technology provides healthcare with new opportunities to evolve interoperability by making it easier to exchange health information, MDLinx reported Jan. 24.

Hospitals are seeing an increasing number of incidental COVID-19 cases, where patients are being admitted for other ailments but testing positive for the virus. These […]

IBM has reached a deal with investment firm Francisco Partners to sell its data and assets from Watson Health. 

Amid record-breaking fundraising by digital health startups in 2021, 10 companies stood out, according to a CB Insights report published Jan. 20.

The digital health industry raised a record amount of funding, with growth to the sector increasing 79 percent since 2020, according to a 2021 report […]

Facing the biggest public health emergency of our time, big data and artificial intelligence seemed poised to transform our lives, yet fell short, according to […]

Some Americans, particularly those who live in apartment complexes, complained via social media that they were blocked from ordering free COVID-19 tests on a federal […]

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, alongside its recognized coordinating entity, The Sequoia Project, published the Trusted Exchange Framework and the Common […]

The ECRI Institute released its Top 10 Health Technology Hazards 2022 report Jan. 18 for hospitals, medical practices and home care providers.

Artificial intelligence algorithms are trained on web data, but medical information is less widely available and more complex, leading AI tools to produce inaccurate results […]

CIOs looking to advance their careers in 2022 must choose goals that resonate with them, a CIO article reported Jan. 17.

Only two weeks into 2022, mergers, acquisitions and investments in the digital health space have been frequent. Here are seven recent deals in digital health […]

Daily COVID-19 case counts have smashed all prior records during the omicron surge, but these numbers don’t carry the same weight anymore, according to a […]

Leading organizations from across the healthcare and life sciences industries have come together to form a coalition focused on providing recommendations, tooling and best practices […]

Because data flows throughout an entire organization, data governance often requires CIOs to work in tandem with other leaders, according to a Jan. 12 Forbes […]

Many front-line workers are being asked to adapt to new technologies on the fly and are worried that if they can’t, they may lose their […]

Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine issued a notice Jan. 12 saying it is experiencing technical difficulties, leaving patients unable to access virtual visits, the patient portal […]

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology updated its Interoperability Standards Advisory to include specifications for e-prescribing and public health reporting.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology updated its Interoperability Standards Advisory to include specifications for e-prescribing and public health reporting.

Aledade is set to buy Iris Healthcare, marking its first acquisition. 

Teladoc CEO Jason Gorevic told virtual attendees at the annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference on Jan. 10 that the company expects to reach $2.6 billion in […]

Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are eight open positions, as of Jan. 10:

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on Jan. 7 issued Version 1.0 of Project US@, its healthcare specification for representing patient […]

HHS has updated its requirements for data reporting from hospitals as COVID-19 responses continue to evolve. 

René Quashie, vice president of policy and regulatory affairs for digital health at the Consumer Technology Association, discussed with Politico the three most pressing digital […]

As former Theranos CEO and founder Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty of fraud, the implications for the medical technology industry are coming into focus.

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is asking for examples of digital community health programs as they look to develop digital healthcare […]

The U.S. relies on a patchwork public health system at its own peril, two physicians wrote in an op-ed published Jan. 6  in the New […]

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives released its end-of-year annual trends in digital health, revealing six key findings in 2021. Using data and knowledge […]

The FDA has published a draft document that advises on the use of digital health tools in acquiring data from participants in clinical investigations that […]

The field of precision medicine, which uses technology to target hyperlocal public health campaigns, is growing, but has some critics, reported Nature Jan. 4.

Facebook is implementing a ban on advertisers targeting patients with messages based on their health conditions, according to Politico.

Amazon posted new job openings related to its health business. Below are eight positions the company recently posted:

As 2021 came to a close, The Wall Street Journal asked CIOs to share the words and phrases they wish would disappear from the tech […]

Hospital leaders used technology throughout 2021 to provide virtual care, predict disease outbreaks and more. Here, four health system CIOs share how they would like […]

Hospital leaders used technology throughout 2021 to provide virtual care, predict disease outbreaks and more. Here, four health system CIOs share how they would like […]

Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health completed a remote work optimization process in 2021 that involved adopting Google’s cloud platform and replacing Office 365 with Google […]

The Illinois Department of Public Health’s Vax Verify immunization portal now includes the use of the Smart Health Card.

Walgreens said a temporary outage affected its COVID-19 vaccine and testing appointment scheduler Dec. 27 due to “unprecedented demand” during the holiday season, NBC Chicago […]

The FDA issued a draft guidance Dec. 23 detailing how digital health technology can be used to capture data remotely from patients in clinical trials.

Edifecs finalized its acquisition of Health Fidelity, a provider specializing in risk-adjustment software for payers and providers, on Dec. 20.

After helping spearhead the shift to remote work at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, CIOs are now focusing on reconstructing offices and procedures to […]

Hospitals, health systems and patients continued to fuel and embrace evolutions in health IT this year amid steady industry growth and adaptations to new challenges.  

Oracle’s nearly $30 billion acquisition of Cerner is Oracle’s biggest yet, launching it into the modern era of mergers and acquisitions, CNBC reported Dec. 21.

Fitness trackers and wearable devices can encourage healthy behavior by measuring everything from heart rate to sleep quality, but some people find that their wearables […]