Health IT and revenue cycle management are two areas that will generate the most interest from investors, according the 2020 KPMG Health Care & Life Sciences Investment Survey, which was released Jan. 13.

Each patient encounter requires an average of 16 minutes and 14 seconds in EHR use for physicians, including time spent outside of normal working hours, according to a study of data from Cerner's analytics platform, the Lights On Network.

Despite growing concerns over data privacy, Americans still place more trust in large technology companies than in most other institutions, including the news media, the U.S. government and Wall Street, according to a new Morning Consult report.

As patients take increasingly more control over their own healthcare, Carilion Clinic is helping them do so by allowing the retail industry's consumer-first ethos to drive the Roanoke, Va.-based health system's digital strategy.

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based DrChrono announced Jan. 13 that is has raised $20 million.

Cerner announced Jan. 13 it has partnered with virtual primary care provider HealthTap to extend its offerings beyond on-site and near-site centers.

Data and analytics are further integrating with clinical care, as AI technology begins to read imaging studies and health systems launch genomic initiatives.

Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health has created an app for emergency department physicians that is designed to reduce the time it takes to retrieve information about a patient.

Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic announced Jan. 13 that it will integrate VisitPay into its Epic EHR.

The American Medical Association announced on Jan. 14 an initiative launched in partnership with investment platform RedCrow to build collaborations between physicians and healthcare startups.

An analytics-driven platform will be Mayo Clinic Platform's first venture, with an aim of using advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence to develop new treatments for disease, Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic announced Jan. 14.

Chico, Calif.-based Enloe Medical Center continues to treat patients using back-up, offline protocols after suffering from a ransomware attack Jan. 2, according to the Chicoer.

Over the past couple years, "innovation" has become a strategic imperative for many hospitals and health systems, but what exactly is innovation — and how can leaders sustain innovative changes in their organizations long-term?

Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business.

Allscripts is teaming up with MyndYou to make its artificial intelligence-powered patient triage management platform available to Allscripts EHR clients, according to a Jan. 13 news release.

University of California San Francisco patients can now view their radiology images online in their Epic patient portal, according to the health system's Jan. 10 tweet.

Definitive Healthcare, which provides data and intelligence to healthcare organizations, announced on Jan. 13 the acquisition of PatientFinder, a healthcare analytics software firm.

Diane Bryant, formerly the chief operations officer of Google's cloud division, was named chairman and CEO of Neural Analytics, the medical robotics company announced Jan. 9.

The board of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics issued a statement on Jan. 12 calling on Myriad Genetics and other lab testing companies to share genetic testing data in a public database, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Healthcare IT company MTBC has closed its acquisition of CareCloud, an EHR and practice management software provider, MTBC announced Jan. 8.