The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering $72 million in grants to support telemedicine and distance learning opportunities in rural parts of the U.S.

Here are eight healthcare organizations that announced plans to implement a new EHR or deployed a new system in September.

IBM plans to spin off its IT infrastructure division into a new company so it can prioritize cloud computing for its legacy business, according to an Oct. 8 CNBC report.

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a 2014 data breach that affected about 6.1 million patients, according to an Oct. 8 Iowa justice department news release.

The pandemic has brought about the rapid adoption of telehealth, as virtual care modalities have greatly aided the nation's efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. However, it's important to remember that telehealth was not invented amid the pandemic— and…

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to the two scientists who discovered CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology, the first time the prize has been shared between two women.

Thomas Fuchs, DSc, joined New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System as co-director of its digital health institute and dean of artificial intelligence and human health, according to an Oct. 7 news release. 

University of California San Francisco teamed Microsoft Azure, Intel and Fortanix to establish a confidential computing platform that will accelerate the development and validation of clinical algorithms.

Amwell stock jumped 38 percent over a five-day span from Oct. 2 to 7, according to a Business Insider report.

AdventHealth Orlando (Fla.) reported a data security incident related to the exposure of paper records or film.