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

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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.

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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

Hospitals’ data breach risk doubles just before and after M&A, research finds

The complexity of combining IT systems and increased media attention before a deal could explain hospitals’ increased vulnerability, according to the paper.

By Emily Olsen • Aug. 8, 2023

Cleveland Clinic hires first chief analytics officer

Albert Marinez, who previously held a similar role at Intermountain Health, will focus on using data to cut costs and improve patient care.

By Emily Olsen • Aug. 8, 2023

Babylon’s take-private deal with MindMaze collapses

The digital health firm said it was exiting its core operations in the U.S. and searching for a buyer for its U.K. business. 

By Emily Olsen • Aug. 7, 2023

DEA open to considering special registration for telehealth controlled substance prescriptions

The announcement comes after the agency received more than 38,000 public comments in response to a proposal that would restrict telehealth prescriptions, with “a significant majority” expressing concern.

By Emily Olsen • Aug. 7, 2023

It just got easier to navigate digital health product regulations

Learn how to navigate digital product regs and build a strong regulatory strategy with DiMe’s new course.

Aug. 7, 2023

How Henry Ford Health uses data to combat inflation and improve its supply chain

The health system leverages data to track costs, engage with suppliers and fortify itself against future disruptions.

By Deborah Abrams Kaplan • Aug. 3, 2023

Amwell lowers 2023 revenue outlook, racks up impairment charge in Q2

The telehealth company’s results are being impacted by churn on Amwell’s legacy platform as it migrates customers to its Converge software, CFO Robert Shepardson said.

By Emily Olsen • Aug. 3, 2023

AI reduces radiologist workload in mammography clinical trial but expert urges caution

The trial linked the AI-supported screen-reading procedure, ScreenPoint Medical’s Transpara, to a 44% reduction in radiologist workload.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 3, 2023

‘Chaotic’ digital health market needs independent evaluation, new institute says

Independent evaluation could help the healthcare industry figure out which digital health products are backed by evidence, argues Caroline Pearson, executive director of the nonprofit Peterson Center on Healthcare.

By Emily Olsen • Aug. 3, 2023

Amazon’s virtual care marketplace expands nationwide

Amazon Clinic — now available to consumers in all 50 states — launched shortly after the company announced plans to shutter a separate virtual care offering.

By Emily Olsen • Aug. 1, 2023