Inflationary pressures and a murky economic future are putting pressure on cybersecurity officials' relationship with their vendors, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 4.

Healthcare engagement platform Ostro closed on an additional $45 million in its series B financing round to bring its total funding to more than $55 million.

UPMC has created an innovation hub in its home base of Pittsburgh by greatly expanding its cancer research and precision medicine footprints, Pittsburgh Business Times reported Jan. 3.

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has been hit with a proposed class-action lawsuit over the recent ransomware attack on the health system.

Cleveland-based University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center selected medtech company RaySearch's digital treatment planning system, RayStation. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services named Brad Hoyt, MD, its chief medical information officer.

In 2022, OSF Innovation and OSF OnCall, the digital health divisions of Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare, launched 10 different initiatives using digital technologies and data with the aim of providing more convenient access and improved patient outcomes. 

Peter Micca, national health tech leader at Deloitte, is bullish about 2023 as healthcare technology stocks and venture capital funding are on the decline, Politico reported Jan. 3. 

Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health has partnered with data analytics company Nference to advance the academic health system's research and medical discoveries.

Patient and employee information was potentially compromised at Nashville, Ark.-based Howard Memorial Hospital after an unauthorized party accessed files from the hospital.