Coral Gables-based Baptist Health South Florida has launched a program to develop health tech startups in partnership with an Israeli hospital.

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center is warning hospitals about the threat posed by search engine optimization poisoning, a tactic used by cybercriminals to alter search engine results. 

Oracle Cerner said it plans to grow its workforce in Kansas City, Mo., after asking for potential tax breaks at its campus there, Kansas City Business Journal reported June 22.

Outbound AI, an artificial intelligence software company working to solve healthcare administrative problems, raised $16 million in seed financing.

Duos, a digital health company focusing on providing care to older adults, raised $10 million.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente Ventures has a large venture capital arm making a diverse array of investments from digital health companies to plant-based tube feeding companies.

Age bias and racial discrimination are holding back home-based healthcare as patients seek out older workers and request "race-specific caregivers," Politico reported June 22. 

Andrew Coyne, chief information security officer of Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, said his organization is continuing to build a proactive cybersecurity program by employing a team to monitor threats happening outside of healthcare, and by building IT systems with architecture…

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs expects Oracle Cerner to deliver on its $10 billion EHR contract despite layoffs reportedly tied to the program, NextGov/FCW reported June 22.

Dennis Chornenky, chief artificial intelligence adviser of Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health, said generative AI will make it easier for hospitals and health systems to interact with data and computers more naturally.