We named our organization Altera Digital Health to convey our vision of elevating healthcare to new heights. Far more than a tagline, this vision reflects feedback from countless client partners around the world: Leaders are looking for a change in the way healthcare is managed and delivered.

Humana and others are interested in acquiring primary care provider Cano Health, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 22. 

Daryl Tol has gotten an upfront look at healthcare's digital shift from both the hospital C-suite and as a venture capitalist.

Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is transferring its EHR from Oracle Cerner to Epic as it aims to more seamlessly share patient records and improve its billing and scheduling functions.

Epic added AI healthcare company Aidoc's app to its App Orchard online marketplace. 

Covenant Health, the parent organization of Maine-based Bangor St. Joseph Hospital, partnered with a new cybersecurity company, which will cause 104 employees at Bangor to take jobs with a new contractor, switch to different jobs in the healthcare system or leave the organization, Bangor Daily News reported Sept. 21. 

Since the launch of its AWS Health Equity Initiative, Amazon Web Services has awarded $14 million in cloud credits to more than 90 organizations with the aim of closing the health equity gap. 

General Catalyst, the venture capital firm that has been collaborating with hospitals on digital innovation, is partnering with its first health system outside the U.S., according to a news release shared with Becker's.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has expanded its relationship with artificial intelligence-driven health tech company Nference to use deidentified patient data to help research and discover disease diagnoses and treatments.

Novant Health has partnered with VR provider Moth+Flame to launch a VR-based leadership development training for nonclinical and clinical leaders. 

A lawsuit filed against Knoxville-based East Tennessee Children's Hospital for a March 2022 data breach was dropped, Knox County News reported Sept. 21.

Given the current staffing crisis, many healthcare organizations are reexamining their work environments and looking for ways to improve clinician satisfaction. If hospitals have taxing workflows or fail to adopt the latest technologies, staff may begin looking elsewhere for better job opportunities — and based on the current landscape, they will have no trouble finding them.

An Oracle executive in charge of the VA EHR modernization project said the company intends to rewrite the Cerner system as a new, cloud-based application for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Spokesman-Review reported Sept. 21.

UnitedHealth Group, Amazon and Option Care Health all made bids for home health company Signify Health, according to an SEC filing. 

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has been quietly reducing jobs as part of an effort to cut costs by at least 10 percent in the months ahead, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 21.

Tifton, Ga.-based Southwell confirmed it was the victim of a cybersecurity incident after a report claimed the health system had been involved in a ransomware attack.

Oracle Cerner has been working on interoperability for years and announced new efforts in recent months since its $28.4 billion acquisition by Oracle.

Edinburg, Texas-based DHR Health has renamed its level 1 trauma center after renowned surgeon Kenneth Mattox, MD, the Monitor in McAllen, Texas, reported Sept. 20.

Artificial intelligence and precision medicine company Tempus is partnering with the Children's Oncology Group to study genetic testing-directed treatment in pediatric patients with solid tumors and non-Hodgkin lymphomas and histiocytic disorders.

Researchers from New York City-based Mount Sinai have successfully used AI to examine structural and cellular features of human brain tissues to help determine the causes of Alzheimer's and other forms of cognitive impairment, according to a study published Sept. 21 in the journal Acta Neuropathologica Communications.