Since announcing its strategic alliance to build a high-tech hospital with Microsoft in July 2019, Providence has zeroed in on innovations in patient care delivery, virtual communication tools and artificial intelligence across its Renton, Wash.-based health system. 

Oscar is launching a new product that offers $0 virtual primary care, the technology-focused health plan said July 30.

Tennessee will not gather or report COVID-19 cases at schools as the state moves forward with plans to reopen in the fall, according to a report from the Daily News Journal, a Murfreesboro, Tenn., newspaper.

Hospitals in New Mexico are not reporting accurate COVID-19 data after the federal government transitioned reporting from the CDC to HHS, according to a report from the Santa Fe New Mexican.

The federal government awarded TeleTracking a $10.2 million contract on March 27 to provide a portal for hospitals to report COVID-19 data. NPR took a look at details of the contract and why HHS is trying to extend it.

Nacogdoches (Texas) Memorial Hospital terminated a $20 million contract with Cerner this week, opting to instead remain using its current Cerner EHR rather than transitioning to the vendor's Community Works platform. 

Cerner bought an unnamed cybersecurity company in the second quarter for $35 million, an acquisition the EHR company's CFO called "pretty small," when it was revealed during its recent earnings call.

California will add sexual orientation and gender identity to the information collected during COVID-19 testing, according to a report from KCRA 3, a local NBC affiliate.

KLAS released a new report detailing the health IT vendors and solutions healthcare providers count on most during the pandemic.

SOC Telemed agreed to merge with Healthcare Merger Corp., a public investment firm that raised $250 million in an IPO last December, on July 29.