Jessica Kim Cohen

Poplar will become the diagnostics division of PathAI, an artificial-intelligence startup backed by Kaiser Permanente and pharmaceutical companies.

While most investor funding in the digital health sector goes toward consumer-focused companies, nearly a third went to companies that focus on providers and practices in 2021's second quarter.

The release from Google Cloud joins a growing market of tools that technology companies are selling aligned with Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources—the data standard specified in federal interoperability regulations.

A hacker in 2014 gained access to UPMC's HR database to steal and sell employee data, which was subsequently used to file fraudulent tax returns and get related tax refunds.

Hospitals are fine-tuning training programs and quality improvement processes for trauma physicians treating gunshot wounds as the U.S. experiences a spike in shooting deaths.

“You’re going to hurt,” said Jashawnda Dunigan, whose stepson died in September 2020. “You don’t just get over it overnight. You learn to live through this. … It’s OK to not be OK. That’s one thing that Strive has helped me to understand.”

The Biden administration has called on Congress and local governments to support and invest in community programs designed to prevent gun violence. Some hospitals are already working to be a piece of that puzzle, linking patients to mental health and community services in the aftermath of a firearm injury.

Healthcare organizations' data breaches in the first six months of 2021 outpaced the same period for all previous years, according to data from HHS' Office for Civil Rights.

Telehealth companies continue to dominate funding in 2021, which is set to be a record year for digital health investments. So far, digital health companies have raised $14.9 billion—already more than the $14.8 billion that digital health companies raised in full-year 2020.

The first draft of a set of criteria that developers of electronic health records will be required to report on has been released for public comment, but the new requirements likely won't take hold until at least 2024.

Advocate Aurora Health, Memorial Hermann and Providence are among 17 health systems investing millions into Truveta, a for-profit company that plans to aggregate and sell de-identified data from participating health systems, which it says researchers will use to study new treatments.

AdventHealth, Baylor Scott & White Health, Providence and the 14 other health systems that own Truveta funded the round.

A report from the VA Office of Inspector General identified multiple "weaknesses" in how the department estimated costs for necessary IT infrastructure upgrades.

The Innovation Institute, a for-profit company owned by six not-for-profit health systems, plans to co-develop and commercialize automation products with Olive, a robotic process automation and artificial intelligence company valued at $4 billion.

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare is the latest health system to disclose patients were affected in a data breach at Elekta, a Swedish company that sells radiation therapy technology and related software.