The Justice Department has agreed to narrow a subpoena issued to Pittsburgh-based UPMC, saying it will now seek only anonymized patient medical records after patients raised privacy concerns in court. The subpoena is part of a broader federal investigation into…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic developed an AI model that identified twice as many cases of advanced chronic liver disease in asymptomatic patients compared to standard diagnostic methods. The model analyzed data from 11,513 patients undergoing routine electrocardiograms to detect electrical…

Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is the latest health system to report being impacted by an early 2025 data breach involving Oracle Health. In April, the EHR vendor notified the six-hospital system about the January hack of legacy Cerner…

CVS Health Ventures led a $35 million Series C funding round for Duluth, Ga.-based Codoxo, a company focused on generative AI-powered payment integrity, according to a Dec. 17 press release. Echo Health Ventures joined the round as a new investor,…

Healthcare is sidestepping the AI-related job cuts affecting other industries. For the time being, at least. As the unemployment rate for college graduates ticks up and hiring in sectors that employ white-collar workers slows, at the same time executives warn…

Parkview Health, based in Fort Wayne, Ind., the University of Notre Dame and the 1842 Fund are partnering to launch AI-driven digital health startups focused on improving healthcare access and outcomes in rural communities. The collaboration aims to co-create up…

York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health is scaling an AI operating system across its nine hospitals and over 250 care locations. The platform from Aidoc expands upon the health system’s successful adoption of the startup’s radiology AI. In the past year, Aidoc…

CMS launched an interoperability pledge program in July to spur information-sharing efforts. But how does it differ from TEFCA, aka the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement? Steven Posnack, principal deputy assistant secretary for technology policy at HHS, addressed that…

AtlantiCare is nearly two years into its six-year Vision 2030 strategy, a systemwide roadmap built around multiple transformation pillars spanning clinical care, operations and infrastructure. One major component of that strategy, part of the health system’s “Accelerating Transformation” pillar, is…

Nearly 8 in 10 acute care nurses say they lose time each week to unproductive charting, and those facing the heaviest documentation burdens are significantly more likely to experience burnout and consider leaving their jobs, according to a Dec. 16…