Today's Top 20 Health IT Articles
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Digital health funding drops by 32% in Q2
A new report from CB Insights shows a slowdown in digital health funding for the second quarter of 2022. -
Skygen receives health utilization accreditation
Skygen, a software as a service provider for dental benefits management, has received Utilization Review Accreditation Commission accreditation. -
Inside Mayo's global technology initiative with VP Eric Harnisch
Looking to help boost a variety of medical startup businesses, Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is targeting collaborations and investments in Israel as the country's health tech market is considered to be a leader in innovation in medical devices, biopharma and software. -
Amazon to acquire One Medical in $3.9B deal
Amazon plans to acquire virtual and in-person primary care company One Medical, the online retailer said July 21. -
Well Health posts $100M in Q2 revenue
Digital health company Well Health released preliminary second quarter results that showed the company expects to exceed $100 million in revenue for the second quarter. -
GlaxoSmithKline names communications director for healthcare spinoff
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare has named Marissa Solan as U.S. external communications director of the company it's spinning off next week. -
IBM, MIT AI tool generates questions to help clinicians using EHRs
IBM and Massachusetts Institute of Technology data scientists teamed up to create an artificial intelligence tool that generates questions to help healthcare professionals use EHRs more effectively and efficiently, according to their paper published June 6. -
UPMC opts for Microsoft to modernize clinical analytics
UPMC partnered with Microsoft to modernize and expand its analytics platform. -
Oracle, Microsoft integrate cloud capabilities for deeper interoperability
Oracle and Microsoft have agreed to deepen interoperability of their clouds to allow users to run projects more easily across the two platforms, The Wall Street Journal reported July 20. -
5 recent Amazon health-related job openings
Amazon has been posting new job openings related to its health business. Below are five positions the company recently posted: -
Arkansas health system using AI to help patients in labor
Springdale, Ark.-based Northwest Health, is using the artificial intelligence system Periwatch Vigilance to monitor maternal health in three locations. -
19M health records compromised in the first half of 2022
The HHS Office for Civil Rights data breach portal showed that there have been 337 healthcare data breaches impacting more than 500 individuals each in the first half of 2022, according to healthcare cybersecurity Fortified Health Security's mid-year report. -
Apple releases digital health strategy
Apple has released its first-ever report outlining its digital health strategy since the company created a function for users to store their medical records on Apple products eight years ago. -
Hacker tries to access a North Carolina clinic's computer system
Primary care practice Benson (N.C.) Health has provided notice of a cyberattack involving an unauthorized party trying to access Benson Health's network. -
Healthie raises $16M
Healthie, a company that provides a digital infrastructure platform to digital health companies, has closed on $16 million in fundraising. -
Lee Health expands hospital-at-home program: 6 things to know
Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health partnered with telehealth and remote patient monitoring Health Recovery Solutions to create a virtual health program for patients with congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension and post cardio-thoracic surgery patients. -
Intermountain streamlines organ donor referrals
Intermountain Healthcare has automated its organ donor referral process. -
Health tech company appoints Mass General hospital executive CFO
Brandon Eldredge, former chief clinical business officer at Boston-based Mass General Brigham, has joined health tech company PathAI as its new CFO. -
Email accident exposes info of 1,178 ProMedica patients
Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica reported that an email that was misrouted in May exposed the protected health information of 1,178 patients, according to WTVG 13, an ABC affiliate. -
US to return $500K healthcare providers paid in ransom to North Korea hackers
The federal government recovered $500,000 that two hospitals paid as ransom to North Korean hackers and plans to return the funds, according to a July 19 U.S. Justice Department statement.