Rep. Mike Bost, the House Committee on Veterans Affairs chair, is "open to any idea that holds VA and Oracle Cerner accountable, but the time for half-measures and tinkering around the edges is over," a spokesperson for the Illinois Republican…

Investment and banking giant Silicon Valley Bank has named Ashraf Hebela as its new head of technology and healthcare banking for North America.

The University of Louisville (Ky.) is expanding access to teletherapy services as clinicians at its Louisville-based Peace Hospital launched a program designed to refer patients 12 and older for digital behavioral health treatment, ABC affiliate WHAS11 reported Feb. 7.

The CIO of the Year Awards are given to CIOs across a range of differently sized companies that demonstrate leadership in technology at their organization. This year's ORBIE Award finalists were announced Feb. 8 and include four health system CIOs.

Oracle Health Chair David Feinberg, MD, has been named to the board of Intus Care, which is developing a predictive analytics platform focused on geriatrics.

San Bernardino, Calif.-based Regal Medical Group and its affiliated companies are notifying patients of a recent ransomware attack that compromised some of their confidential information, JDSupra reported Feb. 7. 

Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System is expanding its partnership with virtual reality communication technology developer Moth+Flame to give clinicians VR emotional intelligence training. 

Epic was named the top overall health IT software suite for the 13th year in a row Feb. 8 in the 2023 Best in KLAS Awards.

Springfield, Colo.-based Southeast Colorado Hospital District is notifying 1,435 patients that some of their protected health information may have been compromised after an unauthorized party accessed one of its employee email accounts, JDSupra reported Feb. 7. 

Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial HealthCare said it continues to operate under downtime procedures as it contends with an IT security incident that started Feb. 2, but released few other details Feb. 7.