EHR vendor Meditech is joining the Cancer Moonshot initiative, a project formed by the Biden administration that aims to cut the cancer death rate by at least half within 25 years and improve the lives of people affected by cancer. 

Robbinsdale, Minn.-based North Memorial Health is selecting Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite to integrate financial, supply chain and human resources operations in the cloud in a bid to cut expenses and improve employee and patient satisfaction.

San Antonio, Texas-based University Health is integrating Hyland's OnBase Smart on FHIR system within its Epic Hyperdrive EHR to help capture unstructured patient data.

A patent dispute will force Apple to halt the sales of its latest Apple Watch, Fortune reported Dec. 18. 

Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health installed I-PASS, a tech-focused system designed to help clinicians reduce medical errors.

Here is how much 12 hospitals and health systems are expected to pay for purchasing, installing and upgrading a new or current electronic health record system in 2023, as reported by Becker's:

In 2024, EHR vendor Meditech told Becker's the company is steering its efforts toward crafting sustainable and scalable solutions to tackle healthcare's most pressing challenges, such as workforce issues, financial pressures and the escalating demand for care.

Connecticut health plans have decided to work with Manchester-based Eastern Connecticut Health Network to mitigate the effect of billing issues from a cyberattack in early August, according to CT Insider.

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New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is launching an ad campaign featuring Northwell patients who have lived 100 years or more.

St. Louis-based Mercy has created its own chatbot that serves as a virtual assistant that can help patients schedule appointments and refill prescriptions.

Green Bay, Wis.-based Bellin Health said an unauthorized party scanned documents related to the purchase of home care equipment from an electronic folder within its computer system back in October. 

The Coordinating Center of the Augmented Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare Initiative by Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is funding five healthcare organization's research projects focused on using artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms. 

A donation will rename Tampa (Fla.) General's children's hospital to Muma Children's Hospital at TGH. 

York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health is using a $1.5 million donation to launch a new nursing innovation unit.

Rapid progress in AI technology provides innovative solutions for healthcare organizations to address financial and workforce challenges with equal intensity, Politico reported Dec. 15.

Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health said its "proposed corporate affiliation" with Milford (Mass.) Regional Medical Center could offset the high costs associated with implementing technology at a new hospital, the Milford Daily News reported Dec. 18.

Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare is facing two lawsuits for a May cybersecurity breach that exposed patient data, Fox affiliate WDRB reported Dec. 15. 

Cleveland-based University Hospitals expects its Epic install to cost about $400 million, a significant drop from the $600 million it had initially budgeted, according to financial documents published Dec. 14. 

Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health gave an additional $2 million to the Community Loan Fund, an organization that provides financing and education to help residents of manufactured-home communities run their parks.