After a controversial start, Ascension is continuing its partnership with Google and expanding its pilot of an EHR search tool from the tech giant.

Many patients have said they're more willing to use telehealth if it's with their own doctor, rather than an unknown provider. Telehealth companies could capitalize on that demand as they continue to expand their business beyond one-off urgent care visits.

UPMC is piloting a new care process before transferring patients at high risk for mortality to higher levels of care, aided by a machine-learning tool developed in-house.

While previous regulations told providers to meet specific requirements in the hope it would lead to interoperability, new information-blocking mandates from ONC try to define the "spirit of what we want to accomplish," Micky Tripathi said at 2021's Health Datapalooza.

The Rochester office marks another step in a 10-year partnership that Mayo Clinic struck with Google in 2019, which involves both cloud storage and innovation projects.

Hospitals and health systems are developing their own apps, as they seek custom tools that build their brand and make it easier for patients to navigate their services.

Hackers attacked Florida Healthy Kids Corp.'s web hosting vendor and inappropriately accessed and tampered with the addresses of some of the 3.5 million people affected.

The largest breach reported in January affected roughly 640,000 patients at Abilene, Texas-based Hendrick Health.

Cerner plans to continue pursuing acquisitions and divestitures as the company focuses on growth areas like its "data-as-a-service" business.

The acquisition builds on Nuance's move to focus on AI documentation tools for healthcare, including products that use ambient listening to automatically document patient visits.

The health insurance startup will be a "controlled company," meaning the majority of its voting power will be held by co-founders Joshua Kushner and Mario Schlosser.

Hospitals from Baltimore to San Francisco are enrolling asthma patients in digital health programs to improve medication adherence and cut down on emergency department visits.

Healthcare and vendor executives are weighing whether to attend this year's HIMSS trade show as COVID-19 threatens its viability for a second year. Some companies, like Cerner Corp., have already said they won't exhibit at the Las Vegas event.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's annual trade show won't include a joint forum with the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives in 2021.

The settlement resolves allegations that three of Athenahealth's marketing programs had violated the False Claims Act and the anti-kickback statute.