Biotechnology company Frontera Therapeutics has raised $160 million in series B fundraising.

Epic and Oracle Cerner have been busy.

Microsoft added AI speech recognition company Nuance's clinical documentation software to its marketplace. 

A federal watchdog found that senior staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs gave inaccurate information to investigators probing possible misconduct involving the department's Oracle Cerner EHR modernization project. 

Eka Care, an electronic health record safekeeping platform, has raised $15 million in funding, The Tech Portal reported on July 19.

ForSight Robotics, a company creating robotics to perform corrective cataract surgeries, has raised $55 million, TechCrunch reported on July 18.

GE unveiled the name of its future healthcare company July 18. 

TechServe Alliance, an information technology staffing company, reported that IT job growth grew 0.05 percent from May to June.

Healthcare analytics company CareJouney has named Mah-Jabeen Soobader, PhD, chief analytics officer.

St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare agreed to a class action lawsuit settlement to resolve allegations that its poor cybersecurity led to a May 2020 phishing attack that compromised sensitive patient data. 

Canvas Health, an electronic health records startup, has received $24 million in funding, TechCrunch reported July 14.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, based out of Little Rock, has received a $738,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture that will provide medical centers and prisons with technology for long-distance learning and digital health.

A recent survey by Gozio Health found that 82 percent of health executives are looking to increase spending on patient-facing mobile technology over the next three years.

A physician from Mount Sinai West medical center in New York City has inserted a patient with a new type of brain-to-computer interface device, making them the first patient in the U.S. to receive it, Bloomberg reported July 18.

Integrating data, analytics and sophisticated technology into digital marketing projects can help brands stay relevant and perform well among consumers, according to a July 13 article from MIT Sloan. 

CIOs are looking to the future of healthcare technology and its vendors to include better ecosystems and improved usability to deliver additional value to hospitals and health systems.  

Amazon Web Services is helping health tech company Medtronic donate 133 colon cancer screening tools to 62 facilities that primarily serve communities with low screening rates or where access to the technology is not currently available. 

Analytics Insight recently posted a report on the top artificial intelligence innovators changing the technology sector and the global business market.

From the use of smart TVs to expansions of hospital at home programs, July saw many hospitals and health systems forge partnerships to boost innovation and improve health IT.

Here are five health systems that launched "hospital-at-home" programs since June 21.