University of Texas at Austin plans to offer an online master's degree in artificial intelligence, the first large-scale program of its kind.

Tech giant Samsung built its name in smartphones and software. However, the company also has made headline-grabbing moves in the healthcare space.

Cincinnati-based Christ Hospital is facing a federal lawsuit over its website's use of the Meta Pixel, WCPO reported.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC is one of the largest health systems in the country and has made notable investments through its venture capital arm. 

Elaborate, a lab results tool integrated with Epic and more than 65 other EHR systems, raised $10 million in its seed financing round. 

Northwell Holdings, the venture capital arm of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, is again backing Hume AI, a startup aiming to detect emotions using artificial intelligence, in a $12.7 million funding round for the company.

VillageMD has acquired the largest independent primary care practice in central Kentucky days after buying one in Texas.

Sense Neuro Diagnostics, a startup developing a noninvasive brain scanner to improve outcomes for patients with stroke or brain injuries, is expanding after a partnership with Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, Cincinnati Business Inquirer reported.

Los Angeles-based UCLA Health said analytics tools it used on its website and mobile app may have transmitted the data of 94,000 individuals to third parties.

Hospitals and health systems accelerated their technology integration and digital transformation during the pandemic to best serve their communities. Many organizations see the shift to digital continuing to affect hospital strategy in the next decade.

Security researchers at Securonix have discovered a new cyberattacking campaign using a Python-based malware to target healthcare organizations, CNBC TV 18, an Indian affiliate of CNBC, reported Jan. 27.

The digital health market is constantly changing, with startups coming onto the scene and more established companies restructuring their strategies.

Researchers at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University have created an artificial intelligence tool to predict the risk of a patient developing "ICU delirium," a condition in which patients admitted to the intensive care unit develop bouts of confusion, inattention, paranoia and, in some cases, hallucinations. 

Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System has partnered with tech company Curation Health to use data analytics to improve population health and reduce administrative tasks for providers.

Precision oncology company Guardant Health has laid off about 130 employees, or 7 percent of its workforce, GenomeWeb reported.

Paradigm, a tech company that aims to integrate clinical trials more broadly into the healthcare system, launched Jan. 27 with a $203 million series A funding round co-led by venture capital firm General Catalyst.

Chico (Calif.) Immediate Care Medical Center told the Justice Department a former employee wrongly accessed thousands of medical records, according to an ABC 7 KRCR report.

After a year in which it debuted several new software programs and worked with Big Tech companies such as Google and Apple, Epic has big plans and goals for 2023.

A third-party data breach affected 48,879 patients, providers and employees of UCHealth, the Aurora, Colo.-based health system reported.

Researchers at New York City-based NYU Langone and the University of Toronto are collaborating on an artificial intelligence tool that can model a type of gene editing DNA interactions called "zinc finger" editing.