Private equity firm KKR has acquired a majority stake in digital marketer Alchemer.

Healthcare cybersecurity is an increasingly important issue, as it can protect the health and data of patients and save health systems from expensive cyberattacks.

Oakland, Md.-based Garrett Regional Medical Center will receive $650,000 in federal funding to purchase an Epic EHR system. 

The U.S. Justice Department said it will no longer bring charges under federal hacking laws against security researchers and hackers who act in "good faith."

Little Rock-based Arkansas Children's Hospital will host an innovation summit for pediatrics. 

Telehealth provider MeMD changed its name to reflect its affiliation with Walmart Health. 

VillageMD has acquired a primary care practice in the San Antonio area, expanding its reach in South-Central Texas.

Cerner partnered with Elligo Health Research and Freenome to increase access to clinical trials through its Learning Health Network, made up of 85 health systems, in order to advance early cancer detection.

Healthcare delivery is at a crossroads.

GlaxoSmithKline has renamed its company to simply GSK. 

Researchers have been testing an artificial intelligence model to diagnose diseases in situations where time and cost are of the essence.

A U.S. senator who is also a physician says the growing healthcare cybersecurity threat puts American lives at risk.

Insurers have increased their premiums for coverage of cyber attacks as a surge in high-profile attacks and government action have boosted demand for products, The Wall Street Journal reported May 18. 

Amazon Web Services has selected a Texas healthcare AI company for its global initiative to reduce health disparities.

A Chicago-based tech firm has received the healthcare competency designation from Amazon Web Services for its work keeping patient data secure.

Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health's app, which offers patients struggling with opioid addiction easy access to providers and other forms of support, kept most patients engaged in their treatment recovery programs. 

Artificial intelligence may be able to use EHR data to predict the prevalence of postoperative complications for patients to the same degree as physicians, according to a May 16 study published in JAMA Network Open.

Competitive poaching, or when an organization steals the advertising keywords of its competitors to divert its consumers, is sneaky but can work well for marketers in a range of contexts, according to a May 13 Harvard Business Review article.

Technology, combined with an imaging agent, can light up microscopic cancer cells that are typically not visible during biopsy, according to a May 17 study published in Nature Communications. 

Health system employees often become patients of the healthcare entity, creating blurred lines for a health system regarding if and when it can access employees' medical records.