Department of Veterans Affairs CIO Kurt DelBene pushed back against calls for the agency to diversify its IT vendors, saying that breaking larger contracts into smaller ones wouldn't ensure "consistency," Nextgov reported June 8.

Pomelo Care, a virtual maternal health company, raised $33 million in seed and series A financing.

A Wisconsin health system has become one of the first in the nation to collect patient occupation data in its EHR.

MemorialCare Innovation Fund, the investment arm of Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare, joined in on a $13 million series B investment round for artificial intelligence-powered healthcare workforce company Laudio.

Iowa City-based University of Iowa Hospitals is adding Bio-key's PortalGuard to its Epic EHR as the health system migrates from Epic Hyperspace to the Epic Hyperdrive user interface.

Spokane, Wash.-based Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center's regional director said the hospital won't cut staff due to its projected $35 million budget deficit in which its troubled Cerner EHR system plays a large role, The Spokesman-Review reported June 8.

Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System and West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health invested in a $25 million series B funding round for data analytics company Carta Healthcare.

While Epic continues to dominate the EHR vendor market in the United States, it ranks tenth outside the U.S., trailing its closest American competitor, Oracle Cerner, a June 8 KLAS Research report found.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is building a "hospital of the future" as it continues to operate as a tech-forward organization, with continued investments in new technologies and innovation efforts, a June 6 CBInsights report found. 

Artificial intelligence is at the top of healthcare executives' minds as they look to the technology to help with operational efficiency and staffing challenges, a June 8 report from the Center for Connected Medicine at Pittsburgh-based UPMC and KLAS Research…