Virtual care use surged during the January 2025 Los Angeles-area wildfires, according to research from Pasadena-based Kaiser Permanente Southern California and Seattle-based University of Washington. “Researchers concluded that virtual care played a critical role in meeting health needs during the…

St. Louis-based Ascension Ventures and Labcorp have invested in a strategic financing round for Cofactor Genomics. The company’s flagship test, OncoPrism, uses machine learning to analyze tumors and predict how they will respond to immunotherapy drugs. “We partner with companies…

Health systems are increasingly turning to digital patient financial engagement tools to boost revenue capture. Here are the top vendors by overall performance score (out of 100), according to a KLAS Research survey of 111 healthcare organizations published Dec. 17:…

Lawmakers in 47 states introduced more than 250 bills regulating AI in healthcare in 2025, with 33 signed into law across 21 states, according to a Dec. 16 Manatt Health analysis.  The measures reflect a growing trend toward use-specific regulations…

Nearly half of patients surveyed by UC Davis Health in Sacramento, Calif., said an AI tool that records and transcribes medical visits would improve care, though concerns about accuracy, privacy and being recorded remain. The survey was conducted as the…

Hospitals are facing unprecedented pressure to adopt AI while keeping costs, risk and complexity under control. Three digital executives told Becker’s that governance, not gadgets, will determine whether AI improves care or becomes another layer of operational burden. At the…

The Justice Department has agreed to narrow a subpoena issued to Pittsburgh-based UPMC, saying it will now seek only anonymized patient medical records after patients raised privacy concerns in court. The subpoena is part of a broader federal investigation into…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic developed an AI model that identified twice as many cases of advanced chronic liver disease in asymptomatic patients compared to standard diagnostic methods. The model analyzed data from 11,513 patients undergoing routine electrocardiograms to detect electrical…

Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is the latest health system to report being impacted by an early 2025 data breach involving Oracle Health. In April, the EHR vendor notified the six-hospital system about the January hack of legacy Cerner…

CVS Health Ventures led a $35 million Series C funding round for Duluth, Ga.-based Codoxo, a company focused on generative AI-powered payment integrity, according to a Dec. 17 press release. Echo Health Ventures joined the round as a new investor,…