Hospital and health system IT teams were stretched thin during the pandemic to rapidly scale virtual care and remote work during the pandemic.

The cloud-based data warehousing platform provider Snowflake set the record for the year's largest IPO on Sept. 16, and it's three times more than the previous record for a software IPO set by VMware in 2007, according to a Nasdaq…

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health hired a new vice president of IT and services for client relationship management.

The National Institutes of Health has contracted with seven companies and academic institutions to develop digital health solutions to help with the COVID-19 response.

The federal government settled five HIPAA violation investigations with healthcare providers for a total of $136,500.

Apple and Singapore are developing a personalized health program in which the Singapore government offers residents financial rewards to track health activity via an Apple Watch. 

Cigna is rebranding its health services division, including pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts, as Evernorth, it said Sept. 16. 

Endocrinology is the physician specialty with the highest rate of telemedicine adoption, according to Doximity's 2020 State of Telemedicine report.

Telemedicine is expected to account for more than 20 percent of all medical visits conducted in the U.S. in 2020, representing a total of $29 billion in healthcare services, according to a Sept. 16 Doximity report. 

Seven chief innovation and digital officers from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. share the tools on their EHR wish lists.