Multiple VA medical facilities across the U.S. reported an EHR slowdown earlier this week, according to The Spokesman-Review.

Following a March 2022 rollout, Dimension, a venture capital fund focusing on digital life science, launched its first fund with $350 million to invest.

Researchers at Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Medicine have developed a Theranos-like test that screens for health measures using a single drop of blood.

The top EHR companies are constantly looking to add IT talent to their teams.

Several hospitals and health systems now charge patients for electronic messages through patient portals like Epic's MyChart.

University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center-Golisano Children’s Hospital partnered with digital health company Elemeno Health to launch an app for perioperative surgical staff.

Green Bay, Wis.-based Bellin Health is seeing an increase in patient self-scheduling since installing the Kyruus ProviderMatch platform in July 2022.

Dollar General is leveraging its store locations to bring more healthcare access to rural America, Pymnts reported Jan. 23. 

Here is how much three health systems are expected to pay for the cost of purchasing, installing and upgrading a new or current electronic health record system:

Samsung has partnered with developer of patient-facing virtual assistant tools IntelliTek Health to bring artificial intelligence and digital voice assistance to the post-discharge process. 

Meditech has partnered with interoperability and connectivity services provider MedAllies to integrate clinical direct messaging into its EHR system. 

BlackCat, a "triple-extortion" ransomware group that combines ransomware attacks with threats to leak data and disable websites, attacked pharmacy management services firm PharmaCare Services, GovInfoSecurity reported Jan. 23. 

The IT department has mostly been insulated from the slew of recent Big Tech job cuts; however, Capital One's recent cut of the "agile" team in its IT department could be a sign that IT workers aren't always safe, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 20.

Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare is partnering with health IT company Ciox to launch a tool that allows expecting and new mothers to access their medical records.

Novant Health Enterprises, the venture capital arm of the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based health system, has partnered with private equity firm TPG to expand medical imaging company MedQuest Associates nationwide.

Ventura, Calif.-based Community Memorial Health System has rebranded as Community Memorial Healthcare.

Healthcare lags other industries in its digital transformation, but as one transformation chief told Becker's, this isn't "ride-share."

Innovaccer, a healthcare cloud company that works with hospitals and health systems, has laid off 245 employees, or about 15 percent of its staff, Inc42 reported Jan. 24.

Eli Lilly and Co. is investing $450 million and creating 100 new jobs at its Research Triangle Park, N.C., manufacturing facility.

One Brooklyn (N.Y.) Health says patient data was copied in a November cyberattack on the health system.