Amazon closes Halo health tracking unit as wave of tech layoffs continues

The tech giant is exiting the wearables sector as it eliminates 27,000 jobs this year. Amazon’s Halo devices will stop working on Aug. 1.

By Nick Paul Taylor • May 1, 2023

Are fertility benefits becoming the latest work perk?

In today’s job market, health and retirement benefits are vital tools for competing for employees. The latest tool? Fertility benefits.

May 1, 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.

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Deliver faster time to value for customers by creating a winning interoperability strategy

Learn the considerations product leaders must evaluate as they develop solutions to ease clinician burnout and deliver fast ROI.

May 1, 2023

GoodRx co-CEOs out; former GoDaddy CEO to serve as interim chief executive

The leadership transition comes after a difficult few years for GoodRx, which announced in September that it planned to eliminate 16% of its workforce.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 26, 2023

‘Hurtling into the future’: The potential and thorny ethics of generative AI in healthcare

Generative AI has roared onto the tech scene through the large language model backing ChatGPT. Companies are already deploying the algorithms in hospitals. Should healthcare be taking a pause?

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 21, 2023

Oracle’s plan to build national health records database ‘going great,’ Feinberg says

Oracle Health Chairman David Feinberg sat down with Healthcare Dive at HIMSS to give an update on the Cerner-Oracle integration.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 21, 2023

Report names connected medical devices with the biggest cybersecurity risks

The findings come as medical device makers face upcoming FDA requirements for providing cybersecurity information as part of their pre-market submissions.

By Nick Paul Taylor • April 21, 2023

Verizon to deploy 5G in new-build Cleveland Clinic hospital

The project, slated to be finished in July, is Verizon’s first full 5G hospital installation, according to an executive.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 20, 2023

Seema Verma, Trump CMS administrator, to join Oracle

Verma, who oversaw a number of controversial initiatives while at the CMS, will be senior vice president and general manager of Oracle Life Sciences.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 19, 2023

The evolution of Amazon Pharmacy

Amazon health leader Vin Gupta discusses affordability initiatives, how Amazon Pharmacy needs to spread awareness among providers and what its effect could be on small community pharmacies.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 19, 2023

Pharmacists stump for more active role in primary care

At the HIMSS conference in Chicago on Tuesday, pharmacists argued that state and federal regulators should allow them to do more to practice the full scope of their licenses.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 18, 2023

Teladoc expands provider-based program to prediabetes, weight management as demand surges for weight loss drugs

The virtual care vendor said it plans to apply evidence-based guidelines to prescribe a class of diabetes medication that includes Ozempic when clinically appropriate.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 18, 2023

Microsoft, Epic partner to integrate Azure OpenAI into EHRs

One of the integration’s tools, which helps automatically draft message responses, is being implemented at UC San Diego Health, UW Health and Stanford Health Care, according to the companies.

By Sydney Halleman • April 17, 2023

5 ways to offer modern health benefits

Benefits can be excellent incentives and tools for acquisition and retention — when they’re understood. Learn more about how to build better health benefits.

April 17, 2023

Moody’s report highlights need for investment in healthcare cybersecurity

The ratings agency said healthcare’s vulnerable state makes it “target rich,” which could bring service disruptions and personal data disclosures.

By Brian T. Horowitz • April 13, 2023

Privia Health names new CEO

Parth Mehrotra will succeed Shawn Morris, who led the company through its 2021 initial public offering.

By Sydney Halleman • April 13, 2023

HHS proposes rule shoring up HIPAA to protect reproductive health data, including around abortions

Privacy lawyers said the regulation would insulate physicians from the chilling effect of abortion bans, freeing them to have honest conversations with patients about their healthcare options — even in states where abortion is illegal.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 12, 2023

New ONC rule aims to raise trust in clinical decision support algorithms

The rule proposed Tuesday would give providers more information in their electronic health record system to assess clinical decision support algorithms and their results.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 12, 2023

Last year was second-best ever for healthcare private equity deals, Bain finds

PE transactions were buoyed by a strong first half of the year, with deals declining in the second half due to tensions from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and growing inflationary pressures.

By Sydney Halleman • April 11, 2023

Pear Therapeutics files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The maker of subscription apps for insomnia and substance abuse, which is still seeking a sale, also laid off the majority of its workforce.

By Elise Reuter • April 10, 2023

Scope of CommonSpirit data breach larger than initially disclosed

More than 100 current and former CommonSpirit facilities in 13 states might have been affected by the ransomware attack on the health system last year.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 10, 2023

Preparing for digital transformation in healthcare

John Glaser, an executive in residence at Harvard Medical School, and Ranil Herath, president at Emeritus Healthcare, address healthcare’s digital transformation and how to successfully adapt to change.

By John Glaser and Ranil Herath • April 7, 2023

‘Turbulent waters’: The rocky digital health funding market post-SVB collapse

If funding in the next three quarters matches the average funding in the prior three, 2023 is on pace to see the lowest level of digital health funding since 2019, a new report from Rock Health found.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 6, 2023

Telehealth use rose for third straight month in January among privately insured

Fair Health, which recently began tracking audio-only telehealth data, also found that audio-only utilization fell nationally from December to January.

By Hailey Mensik • April 5, 2023

Study finds ‘ubiquitous’ third-party tracking on hospital websites, compromising user data

Almost 99% of hospital websites include tracking software that transfer data to third parties, including technology and social media companies, data brokers, advertisers and even private equity firms, a new study found.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 4, 2023