Hospitals and health systems are increasingly looking to technology to address operational challenges. Here are the top 13 focuses of those operational goals for the near future, according to an Aug. 1 KLAS Research survey of 49 healthcare executives.

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.