The American Hospital Association is asking Congress to urge HHS to "immediately" rescind a rule restricting the use of third-party tracking technologies by hospitals and health systems.

Biotech company Biogen is shutting down its 150-person digital health unit that was focused on gathering health data from mobile devices, The Boston Globe reported Sept. 28.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is deploying generative artificial intelligence technology from Microsoft to automate tasks for clinicians.

Beacon Health System said its artificial intelligence-powered clinical documentation tool from Nuance has allowed its physicians to "improve" the number of patients they see. 

Despite the decline in telehealth usage in recent months, two telehealth companies are still valued at $3 billion or more, according to an Aug. 31 report from CB Insights.

Doceree, a digital communications company for healthcare professionals, raised $35 million in series B financing. 

LinkedIn released its seventh annual LinkedIn Top Startups list on Sept. 27. The annual list ranks 50 emerging U.S. companies.

Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health is expanding artificial intelligence-powered clinical documentation to all 12 of its hospitals.

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