Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health is partnering with rural YMCAs across North Carolina to install telehealth portals in the community centers, the Triad Business Journal reported March 9.

The Charles Antetokounmpo Family Foundation, a foundation created by Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo and his family, is partnering with telehealth company Antidote Health to provide free mental health telehealth services to Milwaukee residents.

The "Great Resignation" hit healthcare hard, and the industry is still feeling it. Staffing shortages are persistent and show no signs of abating, while labor costs continue to strain hospital budgets and post-pandemic burnout is at an all-time high.

Healthcare is the sixth-fastest growing industry for tech pay, according to the 2023 tech salary report from career website Dice.com.

Kingman (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center is using Meditech to create patient registries for monitoring patients in a hepatitis C treatment program.

President Joe Biden's fiscal 2024 budget sets aside $1.9 billion for the Department of Veterans Affair Oracle Cerner EHR modernization project, FCW reported March 9. 

Fifty-five percent of VA patients in rural areas used telemedicine during the pandemic compared to 60 percent of patients in urban areas, according to a March 7 study published in JAMA Open Network.

Joel Vengco, senior vice president and chief information and digital officer at Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare, has been named to a healthcare advisory board for Internet of Things company Digi International.

Telehealth startup Cerebral sent letters to patients March 6 stating that some of their information may have been disclosed to social media companies when it used pixel tracking technologies on its mobile applications and websites, LegalScoops reported. 

Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued a statement March 8 reminding employees that viewing patient records or accessing clinical databases without authorized use can result in "progressive discipline or even termination."