Mark Howell, director of policy for the American Hospital Association, said if CMS' waiver for hospital-at-home programs isn't extended, a lot of the programs would shut down and only payer-providers could keep them going, Time reported Oct. 10. 

When Epic created its first billing system, it charged $3,000 — less than it cost the EHR vendor to make.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is working to attract biotech companies to its planned Discovery Oasis innovation hub in Phoenix, Ariz., local news outlet ABC 15 reported Oct. 11.

Cleveland-based University Hospitals CIO Robert Eardley told Becker's that the guiding principle in its process to convert 5.6 million patient records into a single Epic EHR was ensuring that patient care was seamless and uninterrupted. 

John Fernandez, president and CEO of LifeSpan, based in Providence, R.I., said hospitals and health systems are getting attacked by cybersecurity events daily, WPRI reported Oct. 10. 

OSF HealthCare, based in Peoria, Ill., inked a licensing agreement with Summit Venture Studio to bring medical training software created by OSF Innovation to market. 

Surgeons often have an adversarial relationship with data.

Sana Biotechnology, a cell and gene therapy company, is laying off 29 percent of its workforce, the company reported in an Oct. 10 SEC filing.

At hospitals and health systems, cyberattack costs and patient care disruptions were up in 2023, according to an Oct. 11 report.

Three new IT chiefs have been named to the board of trustees for the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, which is also getting new officers for 2024 and 2025.