MyChart messages declined at San Francisco-based UCSF Health after the health system started billing for them, though clinicians rarely charge patients for them, a JAMA study found.

For years the tech sector was booming and companies within the industry were expanding, but massive tech layoffs have been making headlines in the past few months as the industry weathers an uncertain economy, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan.…

Days after announcing a mass layoff, Carbon Health secured $100 million in series D funding from CVS Health Ventures Jan. 10.

Black and Hispanic patients were less likely to use or be offered patient portals compared to white patients, Politico reported Jan. 9. 

Teladoc released revised quarterly guidance narrowing its revenue range to an estimate between $633 million and $640 million for the fourth quarter and to $2.403 billion to $2.41 billion for 2022. 

DNA sequencing company Illumina and Nashville Biosciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center, are working with biopharmaceutical company Amgen to whole-genome sequence approximately 35,000 DNA samples from a mostly African American cohort.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health has spun off a cancer therapeutics company thanks to a $30 million investment in the startup.

Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are among the hospitals and academic institutions testing artificial intelligence-powered tech solutions to help with in-home care of diseases such as Alzheimer's and dementia.

Northwell Holdings, the venture capital arm of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, and EHR vendor Veradigm (formerly Allscripts) are among the funders pouring $45 million into data analytics company Holmusk.

Software developer is the best job of 2023, according to a Jan. 10 U.S. News & World Report analysis of growth potential, work-life balance and salary.