The American Hospital Association is backing legislation that would require the HHS, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission to study the expanded use of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here are the top five EHR vendors for integrated practice management for health systems, as ranked by Black Book Research.

Patients are more willing to share their healthcare data with clinicians, but their willingness to share their data with health technology companies is decreasing, according to a Feb. 21 report from Rock Health. 

The Sequoia Project, an EHR interoperability project that counts Epic and the American Medical Association among its founding members, has named a health IT leader from Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care to its board.

Telemedicine adoption by Americans has reached 80 percent, becoming the preferred method of prescription care and minor illnesses, according to a Feb. 21 report from Rock Health. 

Saint Luke's Health System is expanding its home-based care program to serve patients of Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City and Saint Luke's North Hospital, both based in Kansas City, Mo.

The digital health market is constantly changing, with startups coming onto the scene and more established companies restructuring their strategies.

A lawsuit alleges that Mena Regional Health System had inadequate cybersecurity practices in place when a November data breach compromised the protected health information of 84,814 people. 

AtlantiCare is using an AI-powered tool to help physicians identify and track patients at risk for lung cancer. 

Vytalize Health, a value-based care company that provides analytics and recommendations to primary care providers, raised $100 million in funding.