The FDA released a new guidance March 30 detailing how artificial intelligence and machine learning devices can be more effective for healthcare organizations and providers. 

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is partnering with medtech giant Royal Philips on a seven-year agreement aiming to standardize patient monitoring and lay the foundation for a systemwide platform.

Sen. Jerry Moran, the ranking member on the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, and 11 other Republican co-sponsors introduced legislation that would prohibit the VA from continuing with its Oracle Cerner EHR rollout until certain requirements are met, Nextgov reported April…

A ransomware group leaked patient and employee data from a West Virginia hospital after the organization didn't meet its demands for ransom, DataBreaches.net reported.

Boston-based Mass General Brigham has a large venture capital arm, Mass General Brigham Ventures, and has made some notable investments in the life sciences, biotech, medtech and digital health spaces.

A report from the Government Accountability Office found that the Department of Veterans Affairs signed off on 39 percent of IT contracts between March 2018 and September 2021 without approval from the CIO, FCW reported March 31. 

Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare is partnering with e-commerce healthcare marketplace Accarent Health.

Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health is expanding its partnership with online medical services platform MDsave.

Mergers and acquisitions are part and parcel of the hospital business. For chief information security officers, they can present new cybersecurity concerns. 

Almost all U.S. hospital websites are sending patient data to third-party companies such as Alphabet, Meta and Adobe, SC Media reported April 3.