The Wisconsin company that captured headlines last year for offering to microchip willing employees is developing a more advanced chip with potential applications in healthcare, according to CNBC.

Technologies like artificial intelligence and virtual reality are necessary tools for hospitals to stay up to date with advancements in medicine, former Cleveland Clinic President and CEO Toby Cosgrove, MD, told Fortune.

Epic clients: Prepare your camping gear and s'mores ingredients because Epic kicks off its 2018 Users Group Meeting  Aug. 27 at its Verona, Wis.-based headquarters, and this year's theme is "The Great Outdoors."

Amazon is expanding its Alexa fellowship programs to a total of 18 universities to help develop Alexa's voice recognition technology, according to Fortune.

Google has a idea it thinks will improve physicians' EHR documentation processes, according to a research paper cited in the Politico Morning eHealth newsletter.

Forbes recently published its 2018 ranking of America's Best Employers, and several health IT companies made the cut this year.

Lyft appointed Manish Gupta vice president of engineering, a newly created position. He will focus on developing the company's business platforms, including healthcare, TechCrunch reports.

Salesforce, a cloud software company that's made a name for itself through customer relationship management products, is expanding its work in healthcare, the Politico Morning eHealth newsletter reports.

Four of the top vendors hospitals use to participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program are Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to June 2018 ONC data.

The majority of healthcare organizations — 63 percent — say they are planning to invest more than $1 million into blockchain in 2019, according to a Deloitte report.