Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate has forged a new partnership with the Japan External Trade Organization to roll out a two-phase initiative aimed at expanding opportunities for Japanese health tech companies to engage with the U.S. healthcare market.

Duke University Health System has been an early adopter of a new tool from Microsoft and Epic that aims to streamline nursing documentation, Kay Lytle, DNP, RN, chief nursing information officer at the health system, told Becker's.

Iranian hackers are increasingly targeting healthcare organizations, using "brute force" and password spraying attacks to compromise user accounts and gain unauthorized access to sensitive systems. 

Cleveland Clinic allows nurses to submit innovative tech ideas and helps them develop the tools.

The costs of the Change Healthcare cyberattack continue to grow for parent company UnitedHealth Group.

Clinical documentation is an essential component of the patient-physician visit, but manual documentation is an onerous, time-consuming task. It takes a physician's focus away from the patient in front of them and is a major driver of physicians' cognitive burden and burnout.

In today’s healthcare environment, “downtime” is a dreaded word. Whether it’s due to an unexpected outage, a cyberattack or planned maintenance, any interruption in your health IT systems can severely impact hospital operations. For healthcare organizations, the stakes are high: the average cost of a one-hour EHR outage is approximately $1.7 million for a medium-sized hospital and for larger facilities that figure can jump to $3.2 million. Even more critical than the financial hit is the potential risk to patient safety. When systems are down, providers cannot access vital patient information, leading to delays in care, medication errors and increased workload as staff scramble to record notes manually—only to later input them into the system once it is back online.

International Annual Awards Program Honors Standout Digital Health & Medical Technology Products and Companies SAN DIEGO – May 9, 2024 – MedTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global digital health and medical technology market, today announced that CliniComp, the pioneer in high-performing, reliable electronic health record (EHR) solution suite, has been selected as winner of the “Best Electronic Health Record Service” award in the 8th annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards program, recognizing the breakthrough technology innovation of CliniComp’s System as a Service (SYaaS) unique and superior model.

A study conducted across seven hospitals within the Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System found that Epic's Deterioration Index underperformed compared to other early warning scores in detecting clinical deterioration.

Abridge, a startup that provides artificial intelligence-powered clinical documentation to several health systems, is raising $250 million to up the company's valuation to $2.5 billion, The Information reported.

Nurses at a large academic health system like using artificial intelligence-generated MyChart messages more than their peers do, a new study found.

Health systems are increasingly turning to sports partnerships as a marketing strategy to boost brand visibility.

Healthcare leaders are increasing their budgets for patient experience technologies, according to a Oct. 15 survey from Gozio Health, a mobile engagement platform. 

Optum reported significant growth in the third quarter despite continued ramifications from the Change Healthcare data breach earlier this year.

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham has tested out drone delivery for its hospital-at-home program.

Thousands of patients' data was exposed by a data breach involving a partner of revenue cycle management company Gryphon Healthcare.

Health systems look for digital health vendors with a proven track record, cost efficiency and robust customer support, according to the Peterson Health Technology Institute.

As the pediatric healthcare landscape continues to evolve, a select group of children's hospitals is leading the charge in integrating artificial intelligence into their clinical and operational frameworks.

For health systems, switching to a new EHR can cost as much as a new hospital.

Marc Gorelick, MD, has served as CEO of Minneapolis-based Children's Minnesota since December 2017. He told Becker's that as he approaches his eighth year at the helm, he is focused on various issues. These issues include the system's Epic conversion, which will begin in 2025 and finish in 2026, as well as increasing access.