Medtronic has completed its acquisition of Klue, a company developing behavior-tracking software to track food consumption, the devicemaker announced Dec. 17.

Chicago-based Rush University System for Health is offering patients a more convenient way to access their information remotely through its partnership with Mytonomy.

While many services operated by the New Orleans government are up and running following a Dec. 13 cyberattack, the city's health department continues to have connectivity issues, according to local ABC affiliate WGNO.

Thrive Earlier Detection, a startup developing a liquid biopsy test to identify early-stage cancers, was announced on Dec. 17 as the winner of the BlueCross BlueShield Data Innovation Challenge.

In 2020, the healthcare technology sector will be driven by startups working in the realms of artificial intelligence ethics, genetic data exchange, quantum cybersecurity and other emerging sectors, according to a new CB Insights report.

A clinical decision support platform using machine learning to prevent medication-related risks and errors could result in cost savings of more than $1 million, suggests a new study from Boston-based Harvard Medical School.

Data extracted from Amazon Comprehend Medical, a software that mines patient health records, can now be linked to select medical ontologies, according to an Amazon Web Services blog post published this week.

Kansas City, Mo.-based Truman Medical Centers is notifying 114,466 patients that their information may have been exposed. 

Grand Haven, Mich.-based North Ottawa Community Hospital is notifying 4,013 patients that their records were improperly viewed by an unauthorized employee. 

More than 100 hospitals and health systems implemented virtual care technology and services this year.