Thoma Bravo closes $1.8B deal to take NextGen Healthcare private

The private equity firm announced on Friday it closed its acquisition of the electronic health record vendor, giving Thoma Bravo a foothold in the EHR market.

By Sydney Halleman • Updated Nov. 10, 2023

Behavioral health patients lack choice on telehealth vs. in-person care, study finds

Nearly half of behavioral health patients surveyed by Rand did not believe clinicians considered their preferences for virtual or in-person care when scheduling treatment.

By Brian T. Horowitz • Sept. 5, 2023

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Artificial intelligence

Amid mounting interest and investment in the space, it's clear AI’s applications in healthcare will only continue to grow.

By Healthcare Dive staff

One Medical CEO resigns from Amazon one year after acquisition

Amir Dan Rubin will leave the primary care chain later this year after leading the company since 2017, according to an email sent last week to One Medical employees.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Sept. 1, 2023

‘We’re in the 1999 of the internet era’: a16z’s Julie Yoo on fintech’s potential and the digital health market

Yoo, who leads health tech investment at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, outlined her fintech investment thesis and why the healthcare industry is at an inflection point for adoption.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 31, 2023

ONC taps Sequoia Project as TEFCA overseer, again

The nonprofit will receive $2 million in funding from the government in the first year of its new five-year contract for managing the interoperability network.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 31, 2023

Prime Therapeutics reports data security incident affecting Blue Shield Minnesota members

The pharmacy benefit manager said an unauthorized user gained access to an employee’s email account, which contained documents with members’ personal health information.

By Emily Olsen • Aug. 31, 2023

GoodRx adds patient insurance information to drug cost platform for providers

The addition of insurance pricing is a key differentiator for GoodRx’s medication comparison platform, an executive said. It should also increase the company’s revenue opportunities.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 30, 2023

Software overload could boost digital health M&A

Buyers of digital health products are overwhelmed with point solutions, which could accelerate merger and acquisition activity in a slowed funding environment, experts say.

By Emily Olsen • Aug. 29, 2023

Google expands generative AI model Med-PaLM to more health customers

A limited group of Google Cloud clients, including health systems HCA and Mayo Clinic, have been testing the large language model since April in a variety of use cases.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 29, 2023

The business case for a healthcare cloud integration platform

Understand the financial and operational benefits of adopting a cloud-based healthcare data integration engine.

By InterSystems • Aug. 28, 2023

Private equity firm in advanced talks to buy NextGen, report says

Thoma Bravo could announce a deal to acquire the electronic health record vendor as soon as this week, according to a Bloomberg report.

By Sydney Halleman • Updated Sept. 5, 2023

HHS agency launches project to boost healthcare cybersecurity

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health is soliciting proposals for a project that would repurpose national security tech to protect the healthcare industry from cyberattacks.

By Emily Olsen • Aug. 24, 2023

Epic, Microsoft expand partnership to accelerate generative AI in healthcare

The EHR vendor and technology giant are working together to quickly deploy dozens of tools like clinical note summarization and coding suggestions.

By Emily Olsen • Aug. 22, 2023

Scale of healthcare cyber attacks increase as criminals change tactics, report finds

Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting healthcare providers’ third-party business associates, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Critical Insights.

By Susanna Vogel • Aug. 22, 2023

Veradigm receives notice of delisting from Nasdaq

The health IT company, which is facing delisting after failing to file financial paperwork on time, plans to appeal the decision.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Updated Sept. 25, 2023

Assess to de-stress: How digital assessments support patients’ and providers’ mental health

Healthcare systems committed to patient-centric care can significantly benefit from adding digital tools, like proven mental health assessments, to their toolbox.

Aug. 21, 2023

Babylon sells UK business as digital health company winds down operations

Babylon sold nearly all its U.K. assets to a U.S.-based company and appointed an administrator last week, after a take-private deal failed earlier in August.

By Emily Olsen • Updated Sept. 5, 2023

Generative AI in healthcare: Google Cloud’s Amy Waldron on the tech giant’s health ambitions

Healthcare Dive caught up with Google Cloud’s Amy Waldron to discuss the technology giant’s plans for — and potential risks of — generative AI in healthcare.

By Brian T. Horowitz • Aug. 17, 2023

Epic, AI startup Abridge partner in third-party developer program

The Partners and Pals programs are new versions of the EHR vendor’s App Market, which was shut down for renovations late last year.

By Emily Olsen • Aug. 17, 2023

Google expands AI mammography deal with iCAD

The amendment expands the original licensing agreement to 20 years and could allow the AI system to serve as a second reader.

By Emily Olsen • Aug. 15, 2023

Amazon Pharmacy expands insulin manufacturer coupons

Amazon began automatically applying manufacturer coupons for some drugs in March, and is now adding new discounts for diabetes-related products.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 15, 2023

Microsoft-Epic partnership yields EHR cloud solution

Mount Sinai Health System is the first provider to implement Azure Large Instances, which scales database capacity to the level needed for health record workloads.

By Matt Ashare • Aug. 14, 2023

Rebuilding trust to empower the future of healthcare

See how the latest in AI can move the conversation back to the forefront with clinical documentation that writes itself—all within the EHR—so clinicians can focus on their patients.

By Diana Nole | Executive Vice President & General Manager, Healthcare Division • Aug. 14, 2023

Doximity slashes 10% of workforce amid post-COVID pressures

CEO Jeff Tangney attributed the company’s slowdown to “post-COVID upsell weakness,” while also reducing Doximity’s revenue guidance.

By Brian T. Horowitz • Aug. 10, 2023

Healthcare M&A hit three-year low in Q2, report finds

Continuing financial pressures could keep deal-making low in the second half of the year, but M&A could heat up in early 2024, a new KPMG report finds.

By Emily Olsen • Aug. 10, 2023