Venture capital firm General Catalyst led a $20 million funding round for Faro Health, a cloud-computing company working on digitizing clinical trials.

Hospitals and health systems are increasingly adding tech-focused positions like chief digital officers and chief data officers to the C-suite. Following the rise in artificial intelligence in healthcare, could chief AI officers be far behind?

Corewell Health's Chief Digital and Information Officer Jason Joseph said having a clear strategy for your hospital and health system's IT department is the No. 1 tip in building a successful IT department. 

More than 7 in 10 physicians said they are suffering from a data overload, Politico reported Feb. 8.  

UnitedHealthcare is offering a new rewards program that gives eligible members up to $1,000 by completing various health goals using an Apple Watch or other wearables. 

Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health Center has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the health system was negligent in protecting patients' confidential information after its June 2020 data breach, Top Class Actions reported Feb. 8. 

Cybereason, a cybersecurity advisory service, issued a warning about GootLoader, a malware that uses search engine optimization poisoning techniques and fake Google ads to deliver its payload to healthcare organizations.

A group of senators sent letters to three telehealth startups — Monument, Workit Health and Cerebral — to request more information on how these companies are sharing their consumer health data. 

American University of Beirut Medical Center has become the first institution outside the U.S. to join EHR vendor Epic's Cosmos network, according to a Lebanese government news release.

EHR vendor Epic is expanding its lab capabilities to allow hospitals to more easily communicate with outside labs and diagnostic companies, 360Dx reported.