A rural Appalachian healthcare provider has boosted its connectivity by switching to Starlink satellite internet from Elon Musk's SpaceX, Virginia Business reported.

From deepening its integration of Microsoft's generative AI tools into its ecosystem to rolling out a new online app gallery, here are 14 of Epic Systems' biggest moves this year:

Brain-computer interface technology company Synchron announced the completion of patient enrollment for trials at New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System, University at Buffalo (N.Y.) Neurosurgery and Pittsburgh-based UPMC.

Tupelo-based North Mississippi Health Services shut down a data breach within 17 minutes of its IT system being accessed, the health system said.

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo is in advanced talks to buy EHR vendor NextGen Healthcare, Bloomberg reported Sept. 5.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC will be transferring 6 million patient records from nine EHRs to Epic Systems, a task that will involve 600 information technology technicians and as many as 1,200 physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other clinicians, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Sept. 5. 

Several top academic medical centers across the U.S. have started charging patients for certain MyChart messages.

Two New York hospitals reported a cyberattack on Aug. 31 that disrupted operations, according to a report from 7 News.

The incoming CEO of One Medical will bring plenty of hospital experience to his new role at the helm of the healthcare disruptor.

Better Life Partners, a virtual substance use disorder treatment company, raised $26.5 million in series B financing.

As digital health funding has declined since the COVID-19 era, some former digital health unicorns have been forced to file for bankruptcy.

An IT issue at Prevea Health and Hospital Sisters Health System has disrupted patient pay capabilities, according to a report from ABC 2.

While generative artificial intelligence will "completely" reshape primary care, there's still a "huge gap between hype and reality" for healthcare AI, a Mount Sinai Health System leader told Becker's.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has finalized its acquisition of home health agency Advent Home Health. 

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare researchers have developed an AI model that can predict death in the five to 90 days after the start of an inpatient admission. 

Craig Kinyon, CEO of Richmond, Ind.-based Reid Health, said the digital divide is disproportionately affecting low-income households in both urban and rural areas. 

Baton Rouge, La.-based Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System will implement Masimo's monitoring technologies systemwide to automate the transfer of patient data. 

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, based in Memphis, Tenn., will provide over $50 million in funding to launch six projects that are expected to create 54 new jobs across the hospital.

Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinic's partnerships with YouTube have helped the health systems spread reliable information as the video platform looks to crack down on medical misinformation. 

Kansas City, Mo.-based Saint Luke's Health System has expanded its hospital-at-home program, Hospital In Your Home, to its Overland Park, Kan.-based Saint Luke's South Hospital.