A patient and a former employee of Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare filed a lawsuit against the health system after it experienced a cyber event that may have compromised individuals' protected health information, ABC affiliate WHAS reported July 26.  

After raising its guidance for 2023 in its second-quarter earnings, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare said that the July data breach and the health system's ability to get value from its EHR could affect its future earnings.

Telehealth exploded out of necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic, but as the U.S. moves out of the COVID-19 era, hospital leaders told Becker's they are relying less on telehealth.

Nine digital health companies raised more than $380 million in the past 30 days, as reported by Becker's.

Health tech company PathAI plans to lay off 87 employees, BostInno reported.

The Agriculture Department gave Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health over $5 million to expand telemedicine programming for rural communities, according to a July 25 report from CBS19 News.

As healthcare data breaches continue to increase, cybersecurity company Drata analyzed HHS data to determine which states were affected the most in 2022.

Hospitals and health systems are adding new software, tools and tech upgrades to their EHRs to build upon their systems' offerings. 

John Riggi, the national adviser for cybersecurity and risk for the American Hospital Association, said foreign hacking groups in countries such as Russia, China and North Korea are making the association "very concerned," NPR reported July 26. 

Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora has launched a pediatric precision medicine institute that will use technology and data to determine the best treatment options for patients.