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This week's top stories include Google Cloud joining the national COVID-19 vaccination effort, the federal government sending one million COVID-19 vaccine doses directly to 6,500 pharmacies, and a security breach at Montefiore Medical Center.

Vivify CEO Eric Rock talks about the ways health systems can use remote patient monitoring to maximize care.

InsightRX CEO Sirj Goswami says personalized drug dosing can increase the efficacy and safety of medications.

Because ransomware is rampant in the healthcare sector and threats are constantly evolving, hospitals must continuously monitor for them, say CyberMDX's Amir Vashkover and Philips Healthcare's David Franklin.

Jennifer Price, executive director of data and analytics at THREAD, says remote monitoring technology can expand the reach of clinical trials.

Bret Larson, eVisit's CEO, predicts that 2021 will be "very telling" in telehealth integration.

Standardized datasets have required an acceleration of digital transformation and interoperable standards in particular, says Health Data Research UK Chief Data Officer Monica Jones.

Hackers are using phishing attacks against employees working from home to gain their user names and passwords, says Christophe Doré, security manager at Capsule Technologies.

Practical machine learning applications can help improve safety and efficiency – automating medication history in hospital EHRs and aggregating patient records in consumer apps, says DrFirst President Cameron Deemer.

Ridesharing company Lyft responded to new demands as a result of the pandemic, says Megan Callahan, vice president of healthcare.