The House passed appropriations legislation that would give the VA $1.9 billion for its Cerner EHR modernization program if it is signed into law, FedScoop reported Aug. 1. 

Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University's venture capital arm, Jefferson Innovation, is focusing on biotech and medical device investments.

Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health is partnering with CVS Health subsidiary Signify Health on value-based care.

St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare has begun billing patients for MyChart messages, KMOV reported.

Reed Jobs, the son of Steve Jobs, launched Yosemite, a spinoff from Emerson Collective Health, with $200 million to invest in oncology. 

Warner Thomas, president and CEO of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health, said that although it's still too early to obtain a full picture of artificial intelligence's implications for hospital and health system operations, he believes it will have an "extremely significant"…

Cleveland Clinic led a $17.6 million series B financing round for Enspire DBS, a company developing neuromodulation therapy for patients recovering from a stroke.

Here is a list of five federal developments related to telehealth since the start of 2023, according to a July 31 report from jdsupra.com:

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health's chief clinical transformation officer, Richard Milani, MD, said the health system is using iPhone technology to monitor gait, AMA Update reported July 31. 

Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health entered into a five-year partnership with Microsoft to create the Duke Health AI Innovation Lab and Center of Excellence.