Walgreens appoints new CIO as leadership transition continues

Neal Sample, first appointed in an adviser capacity in October, will report to CEO Tim Wentworth as EVP and CIO.

By Roberto Torres • Nov. 2, 2023

Amwell reports widening net loss, including $79M impairment charge

But the telehealth vendor’s new contract with the Defense Health Agency could support its path to profitability, management said.

By Emily Olsen • Nov. 2, 2023

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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.

By Healthcare Dive staff

White House orders HHS to collect reports on healthcare AI safety

President Joe Biden outlined the planned program as part of an executive order on “safe, secure, and trustworthy” artificial intelligence.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Nov. 1, 2023

HHS announces first ransomware settlement

Doctors’ Management Services agreed to settle claims it did not comply with HIPAA breach rules and failed to identify risks after a cyberattack exposed the information of more than 200,000 patients.

By Susanna Vogel • Nov. 1, 2023

Health AI startup Olive to shut down

The startup was once valued at $4 billion during the height of the digital health funding boom.

By Emily Olsen • Nov. 1, 2023

Tracking healthcare data breaches

Recently disclosed data breaches at multiple providers — including NYC Health + Hospitals — and a benefits administrator exposed information from more than 7 million people.

By Emily Olsen , Susanna Vogel • Updated 4 hours ago

HHS proposes ‘powerful’ penalties for providers found information blocking

Regulators on Monday proposed a long-awaited rule tying payments for hospitals and doctor’s offices in three popular Medicare programs to compliance with data-sharing regulations.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Oct. 31, 2023

GE HealthCare’s imaging AI will become ‘increasingly meaningful’ to growth: Moody’s

Even if modestly accretive, AI could support longer-term revenue targets at GE HealthCare and its competitors, Moody’s analysts wrote.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Oct. 30, 2023

Ransomware attacks on healthcare facilities cost $77.5B in downtime, report finds

On average, organizations were shut down or unavailable to provide services for 14 days to due to ransomware attacks from 2016 through mid-October this year, according to cybersecurity research firm Comparitech.

By Emily Olsen • Oct. 27, 2023

AI, machine learning top health CIO priorities in 2023, survey finds

Artificial intelligence and virtual care technologies are increasingly being adopted by hospitals to ease resource strain, but managing new tools can add “a heavy operational burden” for IT teams.

By Emily Olsen • Oct. 26, 2023

Global digital health funding hits lowest level since 2016, report finds

Digital health funding is flagging this year, with investments in the sector reaching only 40% of last year’s totals, according to CB Insights.

By Emily Olsen • Oct. 25, 2023

Teladoc kicks off ‘operational review’ to boost bottom line

The virtual care giant reported mixed results Tuesday, missing Wall Street expectations on revenue but beating on earnings per share.

By Emily Olsen • Oct. 25, 2023

Credentialing is more than compliance; it’s provider experience and your bottom line

Credentialing bottlenecks cause delays that can soon add up to a multi-million dollar headache.

Oct. 23, 2023

How experts see AI changing healthcare supply chains

Leading analysts have long recommended automating procure-to-pay functions with software to lower spend, identify savings, and increase transparency and accountability in supply chain workflows. 

Oct. 23, 2023

Amwell, Leidos score defense contract worth up to $180M

Analysts predict the contract could be worth up to $54 million for Amwell alone over its 22-month term.

By Emily Olsen • Oct. 20, 2023

GoodRx, Sanofi partner on $35 insulin

It’s unclear how much the partnership will improve access to affordable insulin given other recent initiatives from drugmakers and public insurance programs.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Oct. 20, 2023

Telehealth could help Medicaid patients treat opioid use disorder, study finds

The report comes weeks after regulators again extended pandemic-era flexibilities on virtual prescriptions of controlled substances.

By Emily Olsen • Oct. 19, 2023

FDA prioritizes guidance on AI, cybersecurity, pulse oximeters in stacked schedule for 2024

The administration is ramping up production of medtech guidance, adding 18 draft documents to the list of priorities for the upcoming financial year.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Oct. 19, 2023

AI’s health equity revolution

René Quashie, an executive at the Consumer Technology Association, argues that artificial intelligence could be pivotal for the healthcare industry — with regulation and guardrails.

By René Quashie • Oct. 13, 2023

NextGen Healthcare reveals AI notetaking product

The Ambient Assist tool provides notes for clinician review within 30 seconds of a completed patient encounter, according to the health technology company.

By Emily Olsen • Oct. 12, 2023

CVS wants to create a healthcare ‘super app’

Super apps — so-called “everything apps” that combine multiple services in one platform — haven’t taken off in the U.S., but CVS is angling to change that.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Oct. 11, 2023

88% of healthcare organizations experienced a cyberattack in past year, report finds

The average cost of organizations’ most expensive cyberattack increased 13% year over year, according to a survey from the Ponemon Institute.

By Emily Olsen • Oct. 11, 2023

Cigna’s Evernorth acquires Bright.md’s asynchronous care tech

Evernorth’s telehealth business MDLive plans to start offering asynchronous care using the new capabilities within its virtual urgent care platform in 2024.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Oct. 10, 2023

Google Cloud tunes generative AI for medical search capabilities

The search capabilities work alongside Google’s healthcare-focused large language model, Med-PaLM 2, connecting to outside sources and the patient’s medical record. 

By Lindsey Wilkinson , Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Oct. 10, 2023

Microsoft unveils new generative AI products for health systems

The launches tie in with Microsoft’s ethos of developing high-impact but low-risk use cases for AI in healthcare, according to Microsoft’s VP of healthcare.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Oct. 10, 2023