Global venture funding in artificial intelligence-based healthcare startups continued its record-breaking upward trend in the third quarter of 2019, totaling almost $1.6 billion across 103 deals, according to a new CB Insights report.

Renton, Wash.-based Providence announced Nov. 6 the launch of Future of Health Radio, a 24/7 streaming station that will offer information on health and wellness.

Saco, Maine-based Sweetser notified 22,000 patients Oct. 25 about a data breach that may have affected their protected health information.

As more opportunities surrounding EHRs and health IT emerge within the clinical space, hospital and health system chief medical information officers will continue to develop advanced leadership skills.

As Walmart, Amazon, Walgreens and more retailers move into healthcare, patients have more options than ever before — but only if they have the resources necessary to access and navigate those options.

Carrollton, Ga.-based Tanner Health System deployed an Epic EHR system on Nov. 3, according to a news release.

New challenges arise for providers as healthcare remains an ever-changing industry. Some of the issues today include the uncertain impact of presidential healthcare policies as well as rising costs.

Marc Probst brings nearly 30 years of IT and healthcare services experience to his role as vice president and CIO at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City.

Four of the top vendors hospitals use to participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program are Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to 2018 ONC data.

Crowd-diagnosis, or when a person uses social media to seek out a medical diagnosis, is a phenomenon increasingly spreading among the public, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Athenahealth added BirdEye's customer experience platform to its EHR marketplace program, according to a Nov. 6 news release.

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives awarded Rusty Yeager, CIO at Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health, an inpatient rehabilitation facilities operator, and Cerner its 2019 collaboration award.

Constant, continuous innovation is crucial to improving healthcare, whether through the introduction of new technologies and treatments or by challenging popular beliefs and traditions, according to microbiologist Peter Piot, MD, PhD.

Though the vast majority of marketers have the data, budget and organizational structure necessary to execute highly personalized outreach, less than half take full advantage of these tools, according to Merkle's quarterly Customer Engagement Report.

Medopad, an artificial intelligence startup using data from provider databases and patient devices for remote disease monitoring, raised $25 million in a Series B funding round led by Bayer's life sciences innovation arm.

The years-long gap between developing the technology to improve a product, service or process and actually implementing the technology and reaping the benefits is "one of the great puzzles of our age," according to Malcolm Gladwell.

Hackers can stealthily issue commands to smart speakers from more than 150 feet away, even through windows, simply by pointing a high-powered laser at the device's microphone, new research suggests.

DNA-testing startup Veritas Genetics experienced a data breach that may have exposed consumers' information, according to Bloomberg.

Hyperledger, an open source collaborative effort to advance blockchain technologies, announced Nov. 5 that it has launched its Hyperledger Certified Service Provider program.

Since partnering with Amazon in July, Cerner has made plans to increase efficiency and lowering costs.