Hundreds of Epic employees have voiced concerns to the Verona, Wis.-based EHR giant about its required on-campus return next month, according to an Aug. 4 CBS News report.

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for data analytics adoption systemwide at hospitals and health systems in the U.S.

University of Southern California received $1.2 million from the National Institutes of Health for its project that aims to apply digital health tools to reduce health disparities among underrepresented populations.

The University of Virginia landed a $1.2 million grant to develop a high-performance computing system for COVID-19 research, according to UVA Today.

The U.S. recorded 241 digital health deals during the second quarter of 2020, with the majority of business occurring in four main metro areas, according to a recent CB Insights' report. 

Chicago-based Rush University Health System teamed up with revenue cycle services provider R1 to launch an innovation lab this week to improve value-based care and advanced analytics.

The New York Department of Health has updated its vital records gender policy to recognize the nonbinary gender X in health records, including COVID-19 records, according to an Aug. 3 WXXI News report. 

State lawmakers in Pennsylvania are questioning COVID-19 reporting data after the state health department reported a 30 percent decline in the number of individuals hospitalized with the virus in a matter of hours, according to a report from The Morning…

Google Cloud AI partnered with the Harvard Global Health Institute to develop the COVID-19 Public Forecasts, a dashboard that provides 13-day projections for hospitalizations and death rates across all 50 states.

An individual broke into the Salvation Army Pleasant Grove Corps Community Center in Dallas, which serves as a walk-up COVID-19 testing site, and stole several items including a computer, according to a local CBS 11 report.