A Pennsylvania hospital quickly dispelled social media rumors that it experienced a huge explosion July 23 — but not before dozens of people shared the post.

A Minnesota-based health system has been sparring with a city over what the organization calls "misinformation" being spread by the mayor and other officials, the Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald reported.

A Florida health system has rebranded as Manatee Health.

Aurora-based Children's Hospital Colorado has expanded its partnership with the Denver Broncos.

HHS is revising accountabilities and responsibility related to its IT functions, according to a July 25 news release.

Parkview Health's push to position itself at the forefront of EHR innovation involves not only keeping pace with standard EHR upgrades but embracing Epic's early adoption programs.

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health's venture capital arm, Ochsner Ventures, is launching a $10 million innovation fund aimed at investing in early-stage and health-related companies based in Louisiana.

It's easy for physicians to show empathy with nonverbal cues during in-person or even video visits. But how can clinicians illustrate how much they care during asynchronous message exchanges?

Mayo Clinic and Northwell Health are investing in a robotics startup that the health systems' leaders say can "radically change" the industry.

Over the next decade, clinical and IT leaders see healthcare delivery becoming more personalized, patient-driven and focused on wellness. 

GE HealthCare and Amazon Web Services are partnering to develop advanced generative artificial intelligence models and tools aimed at efficiently analyzing complex medical data.

APT45, a North Korean cyber operator, has continued to target the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, a July 25 report from cybersecurity firm Mandiant found.

Jeffrey Ferranti, MD, chief digital officer of Duke University Health System, was awakened in the early morning hours of July 19 with a text that the computers at his hospitals were down. His first thought: ransomware attack.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is launching its own internal content studio that will partner with established and emerging filmmakers in a bid to "humanize" healthcare through filmmaking.

Optum is closing clinics in multiple states and laying off 524 employees across California.

Microsoft, Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham and the University of Wisconsin—Madison School of Medicine and Public Health are working together to advance artificial intelligence in medical imaging.  

A company that provides bill collection services for Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health fell victim to a cyberattack.

Amazon continues to seek staffers for its healthcare businesses. Here are six health tech jobs the company is hiring for this month.

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine's top executives were awakened by urgent phone calls at 2:30 a.m. on July 19 after finding out that CrowdStrike's global IT outage was affecting their organization, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported July 23. 

Republican leaders of the House Homeland Security Committee are calling on cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike's CEO to appear on Capitol Hill regarding the global IT outage that affected healthcare organizations across the country, The Washington Post reported July 22.