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Risk management, legacy tech pose major cyber threats to healthcare firms, report finds
Companies have improved their recovery processes and user controls but still lag in risk preparedness.
By Eric Geller • July 16, 2025 -
Teladoc to launch employee assistance program
Wellbound, which will be available for users in January, includes online therapy through the telehealth vendor’s BetterHelp unit as well as psychiatry and medication management services.
By Emily Olsen • July 15, 2025 -
Trendline
Interoperability
Interoperability is a long term-challenge for the healthcare industry, but the Trump administration has big ambitions to improve data sharing and patient access — even though its plans so far have few details.
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Best Buy Health to lay off 161
The job cuts come shortly after the retailer divested home care firm Current Health, which Best Buy acquired in 2021.
By Emily Olsen • July 11, 2025 -
Q&A
Amazon’s Rowland Illing talks about AI’s shifting focus in medtech
Amazon Web Services’ global chief medical officer said the healthcare industry is seeing an “absolute explosion” of generative AI use cases, with large models that can be adapted to a variety of tasks.
By Elise Reuter • July 10, 2025 -
Samsung to acquire digital health firm Xealth
The purchase of the Providence spinoff bolsters Samsung’s push to unify health data, including through wearables like the electronics giant’s Galaxy Watch line.
By Emily Olsen • July 10, 2025 -
AI startups boost digital health funding in H1: Rock Health
Digital health companies that use AI as a core part of their offerings raised more money on average than companies that didn't in the first half of 2025.
By Emily Olsen • July 9, 2025 -
Deep Dive
The Trump administration wants to onshore drug manufacturing. Technologists are answering the call.
Looming threats to the pharmaceutical supply chain have brought fresh attention to onshoring. Experts say innovation is happening, but slowly.
By Susanna Vogel • July 9, 2025 -
Who benefits from over-the-counter CGMs?
Experts speaking at the American Diabetes Association’s Scientific Sessions supported making continuous glucose monitors more accessible, but debated their usefulness for adults without diabetes.
By Elise Reuter • July 2, 2025 -
DOJ charges more than 300 in $14.6B healthcare fraud bust
Matthew Galeotti, head of the Justice Department’s criminal division, called the operation “the beginning of a new era of aggressive prosecution and data-driven prevention” of healthcare fraud.
By Susanna Vogel • July 1, 2025 -
Best Buy divests home care firm Current Health
Co-founder Christopher McGhee reacquired the company nearly four years after the electronics retailer purchased the home care business.
By Emily Olsen • June 26, 2025 -
Ohio attorney general approves Summa Health sale to General Catalyst
Attorney General Dave Yost set 10 conditions to allow the deal to move forward, including increasing the purchase price and equity by $15 million each.
By Emily Olsen • June 23, 2025 -
Data breach at healthcare services firm Episource affects 5.4M
The incident, one of the largest breaches reported to federal regulators this year, came after a cybercriminal accessed data on the company’s computer systems over the winter.
By Emily Olsen • June 20, 2025 -
UHS partners with Hippocratic AI to launch AI agents
The health system is currently testing the agentic tool at two subsidiaries, with plans to roll out the technology at other locations in the future.
By Susanna Vogel • June 17, 2025 -
Amazon restructures healthcare business
Amazon is reshuffling its various healthcare initiatives into six new divisions, each helmed by a longtime executive or One Medical leader.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 16, 2025 -
Sponsored by ServiceNow
Eliminate obstacles to delivering patient care
A guide to removing operational barriers impacting care teams.
June 16, 2025 -
Sponsored by Microsoft
AI in action: 3 ways artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare today
Learn about three impactful benefits healthcare leaders can experience that are being driven by AI.
June 16, 2025 -
Joint Commission, CHAI partner to develop guidance on health AI
The guidance should help health systems safely manage and monitor AI tools in a financially sustainable manner, which can be “a real challenge” for providers, said CHAI CEO Dr. Brian Anderson.
By Emily Olsen • June 13, 2025 -
M&A to play ‘important role’ at Teladoc: CEO
The telehealth vendor has already acquired virtual preventive care company Catapult Health and mental healthcare provider UpLift this year.
By Emily Olsen • June 12, 2025 -
Cigna launches new generative AI assistant for members
The health insurer is trying to improve the customer experience by connecting them with an AI bot, but analyses show generative AI can make mistakes.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 12, 2025 -
Omada goes public in second recent digital health IPO
The chronic condition management company’s debut comes weeks after another digital health company, Hinge Health, went public. The IPOs are a “promising bellwether” for the sector, one expert said.
By Emily Olsen • June 9, 2025 -
Sponsored by Cedar Gate Technologies
Why providers should embrace AI in healthcare
Responsibly embracing the power and potential of AI is an ethical imperative for today’s providers.
June 9, 2025 -
Ransomware group linked to cyberattack on Kettering Health
The Ohio-based health system said it had reason to believe ransomware group Interlock launched the attack in late May.
By Emily Olsen • June 6, 2025 -
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Healthcare organizations could be unprepared to adopt generative AI: survey
Only 18% of respondents knew about formal policies at their firms overseeing the use of the technology, while just 20% said staff were required to undergo structured training, according to Wolters Kluwer.
By Emily Olsen • June 5, 2025 -
Amazon Pharmacy’s PillPack expands to Medicare patients
Amazon also announced a new feature allowing customers to invite caregivers to manage medications on their behalf as the e-commerce giant builds out its Amazon Pharmacy offerings.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 4, 2025 -
Trump administration names national coordinator for health IT
Thomas Keane, who previously worked as a senior advisor to the deputy secretary of the HHS, began the role on Monday.
By Emily Olsen • June 3, 2025