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This week's top stories include the Biden administration aiming to get 70% of adults at least one vaccine dose by July 4 and a report finding that ransomware continues to be a major threat to the healthcare industry.

It's important to ensure the use of digital tools is preserving compassionate connections between clinicians and patients, says Franka Cadée, president of the International Confederation of Midwives.

In this episode of HIT Cybersecurity, Johns Hopkins Medicine's Darren Lacey shares how healthcare providers can develop a more forward-leaning strategy.

Philips IGT CMO Dr. Atul Gupta says innovations include digitally streaming application specialists into the operating room.

Monthly Update: HIMSS Media Editor in Chief Jonah Comstock recaps some of the biggest trends and stories from April, including insurtech news, Fitbit studies and telehealth being called into question.

Assaf Halevy, CEO and founder of 2bPrecise, says genomic information can be injected into the workflow to manage the treatment of the patient.

This week's top stories include the Patient ID Now coalition releasing a framework for protecting patient information, President Biden sharing his goal to lower ACA premiums, and Accolade moving into the telemedicine space.

The National Coordinator for Health IT discusses the new information blocking rules, the value of FHIR and open APIs and how data exchange is evolving for a more robust public health response.

Antoinette Thomas, chief patient experience officer for Microsoft Health and Life Sciences, discusses three things healthcare systems need to focus on as they move forward with their digital transformation.

Christine Czerniak, technical officer of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme, says new variants highlight the need for genomic surveillance and sequencing across the globe and reinforce the importance of collaboration in the fight against COVID-19.