Healthcare technology often suffers from a "Goldilocks problem." Sometimes solutions are too narrowly focused. Sometimes they are too broad to be effective. At their worst, tech can miss the mark and add to the noise of healthcare delivery.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health's telehealth network Avera eCare this month launched its new telehealth education entity the American Board of Telehealth.

Telehealth services will continue to grow in need and urgency even after the COVID-19 pandemic, so it is important that states update their existing laws, according to Peter Kowey, MD, and Thomas Martin, PhD.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health plans to deploy a new mobile app in September that will assist state officials with COVID-19 contact tracing, according to an Aug. 18 Trib Live report.

Hospital leaders across the country are searching for ways to reduce costs without compromising patient care to recoup revenue lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. Elective surgery is a primary revenue driver for hospitals, but demand has fallen substantially as patients…

Researchers at NYU Langone Health and Facebook's artificial intelligence division have teamed up to develop an AI model that uses less data and creates images faster than traditional MRI techniques, according to an Aug. 18 Wall Street Journal report. 

Cerner is teaming up with Testing for America to support efforts to bring rapid and affordable COVID-19 testing to students, faculty and staff at historically Black colleges and universities. 

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-based Saratoga Cardiology Associates has notified nearly 2,000 patients that their payment information may have been exposed after discovering information missing from bank deposit bags.

On Aug. 13, a judge dismissed a Pennsylvania health system's lawsuit against Nuance Communications over a 2017 malware attack, according to a Post-Gazette report.

An ethical hacker found 150,000 to 200,000 patients' records exposed on GitHub due to nine data leak incidents, according to Security Boulevard.