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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, ransomware continuing to be a threat to healthcare, and Collective Health scaling its employer health benefits platform.

Franka Cadée, president of the International Confederation of Midwives, discusses the need to ensure the use of digital tools preserves compassionate connections between clinicians and patients.

Darren Lacey, chief information security officer at Johns Hopkins Medicine, discusses the need for healthcare providers to develop a more forward-leaning strategy in this episode of HIT Cybersecurity.

Innovations in care delivery include "beaming" application specialists into the operating room, says Dr. Atul Gupta, chief medical officer for Philips' Image Guided Therapy business.

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

2bPrecise CEO Assaf Halevy discusses how 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 pushing for a national patient ID strategy, President Biden looking to lower ACA premiums and drug costs, and Accolade moving into the telemedicine space with PlushCare acquisition.

The ONC chief touches on the new information blocking rules, FHIR, open APIs and how data exchange is evolving for a more robust public health response.

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

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