From new products to fresh partnerships to mergers, here's the latest roundup of stories about health IT companies, including Epic, Google and Microsoft.
- Users of Doximity, a health IT and telehealth networking platform often referred to as "LinkedIn for doctors," shared stories of the COVID-19 misinformation and anti-vaccine content they see posted by physician members.
- UnitedHealth Group and Change Healthcare entered an agreement with the Department of Justice that dictates when the organizations can consummate their $13 billion proposed deal.
- Microsoft rolled out new health data services for its healthcare cloud platform, including the ability to share multiple data types in the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources format.
- Verily, the healthcare and life sciences sister company of Google, will launch a new artificial intelligence research and development center in Israel and pick up some of Google Health's projects.
- Salesforce rolled out new updates to its Health Cloud platform aimed at improving EHR interoperability and virtual remote care.
- GE Healthcare will move its artificial intelligence-based imaging applications and secure intelligence platform to Amazon Web Services.
- Microsoft unveiled a ransomware detection feature for its Azure clients that will send alerts to security analysts when it detects potential ransomware activities.
- Epic expanded the integration of TytoCare's portable patient examination device and virtual care offerings within its EHR system.
- Pharmacy discount company GoodRx partnered with Surescripts, a health information network focused on e-prescriptions, to provide real-time drug discount pricing in EHRs.
- Cerner teamed up with Jvion to integrate the AI company's social determinants of health insights into its products.
- Philips released two new Philips HealthSuite solutions that utilize the cloud to improve patient care in a scalable and cost-effective model.
- Verizon inked a partnership with Apple to integrate data from the tech giant's Health app with its BlueJeans Telehealth platform.
- Adobe will launch Adobe Experience Cloud for Healthcare, which offers a suite of hospital, pharmaceutical and payer management capabilities.
- Olive unveiled a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services to use AWS' cloud computing to make its healthcare platform faster and more affordable for 950 hospitals in 40 states.