As hospitals deal with increasingly sophisticated ransomware and cybercriminal organizations, medical devicemakers are working to protect their devices from hackers, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 13.

Baptist Health Paducah (Ky.) is partnering with five local schools to offer telehealth examinations to students on a tablet through a partnership with TytoCare, CBS affiliate KFVS12 reported Feb. 13.

To bill or not to bill for MyChart messages? Two North Carolina health systems have different answers to that question.

Danielle Brown, senior vice president and CIO of Whirlpool Corp., has been appointed to the board of Corewell Health, which has dual headquarters in Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC Enterprises, GV (formerly Google Ventures), and Gates Frontier participated in the $51 million expansion series B financing round for drug discovery company Cerevance.

Walgreens has agreed to buy the assets of defunct digital pharmacy Medly for $19.35 million, according to a bankruptcy court filing.

Epic Systems has been approved for onboarding to join the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, a new health information exchange framework. 

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health is launching an accelerator to help promising healthcare startups come to market.

The U.S. General Services Administration has launched a healthcare artificial intelligence competition focused on startups that can create practical solutions that can help federal agencies provide medical care. 

Veradigm, formerly known as Allscripts, has partnered with HealthVerity to advance research and improve care for patients with cardiovascular disease and diabetes.