The healthcare and public health sector was the most targeted critical infrastructure sector for ransomware attacks in 2022, according to a March 22 crime report from the FBI. 

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

Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health is among the backers of virtual behavioral health startup Bend Health, which has raised $32 million since launching in 2021 and recently partnered with a Wisconsin health system.

Five class-action lawsuits have been filed involving a data breach that affected as many as 4.2 million patients, at a time when hospitals are enduring an increase in legal action over cybersecurity, SC Media reported.

As U.S. hospitals and health systems face significant financial hurdles, they are seeing capital technology investments slow and are investing strategically into tech that can automate repetitive tasks and increase operational efficiency, CIOs told Becker's.  

Clinicians who are highly satisfied with their EHRs tend to like their personalized tools and have taken the initiative to learn the systems, a March 24 KLAS Research study found.

Boston Children's Hospital has launched a virtual food pharmacy with the help of Instacart Health, which is expanding its "food as medicine" service for healthcare providers.

As New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health switches from Allscripts to Epic, the health system is seeking candidates for 41 Epic-related roles, according to a search of Northwell's website.

A March 23 report from market research firm Market Research Future projected the digital health market to be worth $1.3 trillion by 2030.

Software company LeanTaaS released Perioperative Transformation as a Service, a new service that aims to use LeanTaaS' workflow automation and artificial intelligence tools to take pressure off operating rooms. 

House Democratic lawmakers introduced a pair of bills that would overhaul the Veterans Affairs IT acquisition process, including one that would audit the Oracle Cerner EHR implementation, Fedscoop reported March 22.

Walmart, CVS and Walgreens are all entering into the clinical trials business, and given their proximity to diverse populations, the retail disruptors may have an advantage, Politico reported March 23. 

While Oracle Cerner underwent a "mass" layoff recently, according to some affected employees, the company may not have been required to notify the government, Kansas City Business Journal reported March 23.

Eighty-four percent of provider leaders, who are responsible for implementing and purchasing technology at their healthcare organizations, said their organizations work with more than 20 individual vendors, which can cause integration nightmares, according to a March 22 survey from healthcare data company Intelligent Medical Objects.  

Microsoft has partnered with Syneos Health to develop a machine-learning platform that can support and speed the analysis, design and operations of clinical trials.  

Vital, an artificial intelligence-powered digital patient experience company, raised $24.7 million in series B financing. 

EHR vendor Oracle Cerner has conducted its second lay off as part of Oracle's new "restructuring plan" that aims to save the company $927 million by the end of fiscal 2023.

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare is partnering with Illinois State University to launch the Illinois Innovation Network, which aims to focus on innovation within clinical and patient education, healthcare engineering, data science, and cybersecurity.  

Health system innovation leaders told Becker's economic pressures such as rising interest rates and bank failures make it even more imperative to reshape healthcare, but in a more focused way.

Physicians and executives from Stanford Health Care, Johns Hopkins Medicine, University of North Carolina Health and more have joined a newly formed clinical advisory board developed by Atropos Health.