U.S. patients are being blindsided by telehealth costs and many are facing facility fees even though they haven't stepped foot in a hospital or physician's office, The Washington Post reported April 1. 

A data breach can have a serious impact on a hospital's financial and reputational well-being.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is betting big on artificial intelligence and has made investments in various AI-based startups to improve areas of patient care such as heart failure and primary care, according to an April 5 report from CB Insights.  

In the first quarter, digital health funding exceeded the final two quarters of 2022, but 2023 is still on pace for its slowest year since 2019, according to Rock Health.

Chicago-based Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital has created an app that can screen for bruises, one of the most overlooked signs of child abuse. 

Telehealth company Cerebral is facing a lawsuit that accuses the company of installing tracking technologies on its website and app that led to the protected health information of more than 3 million patients to be sent to social media companies. 

Denison, Texas-based Texoma Medical Center is notifying patients that some of their protected health information was compromised when its consulting company Adelanto HealthCare Ventures was targeted by a phishing attack. 

On April 4, the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a ruling stating that healthcare companies cannot charge patients for electronic copies of their medical records as it goes against state law.

Digital health continues to transform hospitals and health systems, but its adoption varies by organization, according to a new report.

Montgomery (W.Va.) General Hospital CEO Deborah Hill said the health system was hit with a ransomware attack on March 1, BankInfoSecurity reported April 4.