The monthly average of class-action lawsuits filed over health data breaches has nearly doubled since 2022, Bloomberg Law reported Aug. 22. 

Veradigm, an EHR vendor formerly known as Allscripts, received its third notice of noncompliance from Nasdaq after failing to file three financial reports with the SEC on time.

Orlando (Fla.) Health's Hospital Care at Home program has reached 200 patient admissions in a matter of months.

Waystar, a healthcare-focused financial management software vendor, may be headed for an initial public offering, according to an Aug. 21 report from Reuters.

Health systems nationwide are taking advantage of virtual nursing tools to reduce clinicians' administrative workload.

Suki, an artificial intelligence voice assistant for healthcare, is syncing with Cerner to allow users to take advantage of Suki's clinical documentation tools.

Springfield, Pa.-based Crozer Health said its computer systems that handle patient records, which were forced offline due to an Aug. 3 ransomware attack, should be back online and fully operational starting Aug. 22, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. 

ChatGPT is 72 percent accurate at making clinical decisions, performing better at final diagnoses and worse at determining possible diagnoses, according to an Aug. 22 study by Mass General Brigham researchers.

Epic Systems and Microsoft have expanded their partnership once again and will integrate conversational, ambient and generative AI technologies into Epic's EHR ecosystem. 

Epic was named the top EHR for acute care hospitals with 251 beds or more by Black Book Research.