Telehealth groups urge DEA to issue plan on remote controlled substance prescriptions

More than 200 organizations pressed the Drug Enforcement Administration to ensure a plan is in place by fall before flexibilities expire at the end of the year. 

By Emily Olsen • July 24, 2025

Democrat senators warn Medicaid cuts could worsen rural hospital cybersecurity

Funding cuts enacted in the GOP’s massive tax law will push cash-strapped rural providers to deprioritize cyber preparedness, according to Sens. Ron Wyden and Mark Warner.

By Emily Olsen • July 22, 2025

Explore the Trendline➔

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

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

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

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

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

Eliminate obstacles to delivering patient care

A guide to removing operational barriers impacting care teams.

June 16, 2025

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

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

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