Teladoc and Livongo merged Aug. 5 in an $18.5 billion deal that was accelerated by the pandemic. The combined company has a market cap larger than Johnson & Johnson, and aims to start making changes as early as next week.

Seema Verma, CMS administrator, spoke Aug. 6 during a videoconference with physicians and healthcare leaders in Massachusetts about telehealth during the pandemic, according to a report from 22 News.

Even in the midst of an unprecedented pandemic, 10 hospitals and health systems across the country have gone live with a new Epic EHR system during 2020.

Washington, D.C.-based Children's National Hospital and University of Maryland in College Park teamed up in July to host a virtual competition focused on developing new technology for pediatric care during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an Aug. 6 WJLA report.

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

More Americans are using telehealth services due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the rapid growth of these services earlier this year highlighted several opportunities and challenges for expanding telehealth in the future. 

HHS' new COVID-19 data reporting protocol for hospitals has not made administrative duties for hospitals in Maine any easier, according to Maine Hospital Association President Steven Michaud. 

California's coronavirus reporting system has suffered from a technical glitch in the last week, leading to underreported cases. Some counties have stopped updating their COVID-19 dashboards with the inaccurate data, while others are trying to track the virus spread manually…

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to resume its $16 billion Cerner EHR go-live in October after delays earlier this year, according to an Aug. 6 Politico report. 

Jefferson Health Executive Vice President and CIO Nassar Nizami worked with his team to help the health system overcome big challenges when COVID-19 cases surged in Philadelphia earlier this year.