After months of collecting sensitive health information in the form of vaccine passports and COVID-19 test results, organizations must decide what to do with the health data. 

Studies using smartwatches to detect, track and monitor COVID-19 and other illnesses are based on research that is underdeveloped, The Verge reported April 25.

Digital therapeutics and virtual care provider Biofourmis surpassed a $1 billion valuation when it closed a $300 million series D funding round April 26.

WhatsApp, the Meta-owned instant messaging company, launched a Spanish and English language chatbot to help spread reliable information about COVID-19 and the safety of its vaccines.

CVS Health is the second-largest healthcare company in the world, with a $141 billion market cap, according to an April 13 CB Insights report.

James Colbert, MD, has been named the senior vice president of care delivery for Memora Health, a digital health start-up.

Artificial intelligence software that can predict a patient's length of stay is too ad-hoc and is in need of a unified common framework, according to a new study published in PLOS Digital Health April 14. 

Cerner and the Department of Veterans Affairs will testify before a House VA subcommittee regarding the problems surrounding its EHR rollout, The Spokesman-Review reported April 25.

Epic remains the vendor that owns the largest portion of the acute care hospital EHR market share, with a hold of 32.9 percent, according to KLAS Research's "U.S. Hospital EMR Market Share 2021" report.

From drone medication delivery to more accessible healthcare analytics, big tech companies and disruptors have made several moves in healthcare throughout the month of April.

Children's Hospital Los Angeles on April 25 selected three winners of its VaxUp Challenge, a campaign to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates among children and teens.

The Defense Health Agency's branch for connected health developed a framework to evaluate the thousands of health apps available. 

UnitedHealth Group will sell Change Healthcare's claims-editing business if its deal to acquire the health technology company is approved by regulators. 

The HHS issued a warning April 20 about an increase in data breaches involving individuals within a healthcare organization, such as employees, contractors and business associates.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic signed a research agreement with an AI company to co-develop precision oncology medicine tools.

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian says the role of the chief information officer has changed materially as technology has become a central part to running a business, The Wall Street Journal reported April 25.

The Great Resignation may be damaging the ability of cybersecurity companies to defend against attacks, as talent shortages and burn out are cited as negatively affecting projects, according to a new report from Software company Splunk.

Chicago-based South Shore Hospital is facing three lawsuits over a December cyberattack that left 115,670 patients' protected information vulnerable, Top Class Actions reported April 22.

Tenet Health experienced a cybersecurity incident that suspended user access to certain  information technology applications, causing disruptions to two Florida hospitals.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, along with authorities from the U.K., Australia, Canada and New Zealand, issued a new advisory on malicious Russian state-sponsored cyber activity.