Media outlets en masse captured the scenes this week when the first round of U.S. residents got inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine.

Three of the most influential associations in U.S. healthcare are joining voices to press all healthcare workers: Please get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Analyzing timestamped EHR data from more than 21 million primary care visits in 2017, researchers have ascertained average lengths of visit and other metrics useful to assessing care quality.

A trend has emerged of evidently softhearted ransomware gangs swearing off hospitals during the COVID crisis.

This week NPR has posted three interactive infographics that health execs may find especially valuable as COVID-19 surges in spots across the U.S. and around the world.

Nearly all of the exposures were tied to vulnerable DICOM files and networked-attached storage devices, both standards by which hospitals share medical data.

"The findings suggest hypertension needs to be prevented, diagnosed and effectively treated in adults of any age to preserve cognitive function," one researcher observed. 

The 365-bed New York facility recently notified 14 of its 19 assistant technologists that their positions would be eliminated as of Jan. 1.

Various scenarios within medical diagnostics are among the AI use cases that an official European watchdog has flagged as a potential source of hazards to fundamental human rights.