Current and former employees of retail giant Amazon have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company in an Illinois county court, alleging that the company made employment decisions based on genetic information obtained during the application process, Top Class Actions reported March 13.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is restructuring its protocol for upcoming Oracle Cerner EHR go-lives by developing a dashboard that determines whether a particular site is ready to migrate to the new system, according to a March 10 report from the VA. 

An IT security leader from EHR vendor Epic and a current and former hospital chief information security officer plan to testify before Congress this week as the federal government looks to get a handle on healthcare cybersecurity.

Leaders of health system venture capital arms told Becker's the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank will hinder innovation and make an already risk-averse industry even more so.

Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare's Center for Virtual Health has launched virtual primary care options to allow patients to receive primary care via a personal digital device.

Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health is once again launching its seasonal vegetable subscription campaign for residents in Washtenaw and Oakland counties, mlive.com reported March 13.

Managed care plan CareSource is partnering with BeMe, a digital behavioral health company, to provide mental healthcare to teens enrolled in Indiana's Hoosier Healthwise.

Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital is suing two baby apparel companies over their use of the term "Grady Baby," 11Alive News reported.

Healthcare regulators for the state of Connecticut are investigating VillageMD's acquisition of a 30-location medical group in the state, Hartford Business Journal reported March 13.

Hospitals and health systems can help alleviate patients' apprehension with AI by discussing the due diligence and care exercised by their organizations in selecting AI tools and evaluating its role in patient care, hospital and health system CIOs told Becker's. 

A Republican House leader not only hopes to end the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs EHR contract with Oracle Cerner but wants the vendor to pay the government back, FedScoop reported.

Hartford (Conn.) Hospital is partnering with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to launch a new rear seat belt safety campaign. 

Apple's AirPods and AirPods Pro might be used to monitor heart rates and characterize blood flow in consumer's ear skin, Apple Insider reported March 12. 

Boston-based Codman Square Health Center's systems were encrypted by ransomware, causing the protected health information of 10,161 patients to be compromised.

Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health is using a new app to make interpreting language faster for patients who are deaf or have limited English proficiency. 

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has started working with a company that uses artificial intelligence to improve value-based care for providers and health plans.

Larry Ellison, chair and chief technology officer of Oracle, said the software company's artificial intelligence applications are more valuable to society than ChatGPT because of their ability to improve healthcare.

CVS Health and Cleveland Clinic are among the first entities to adopt Avaneer Health's new data sharing and healthcare administration platform. 

Optum Health promoted Caitlin Zulla to CEO of the company's east region.

Epic Systems, the EHR vendor that controls nearly a third of the U.S. hospital market share, is one of the most used vendors among the highest rated health systems in the U.S.