Intensive care unit and emergency surgery medtech company CytoSorbents was awarded a nearly $2 million grant from the Defense Department to develop universal plasma.

Sundance, Wyo.-based Crook County Medical District is switching to Oracle Cerner as its EHR vendor, The Sundance Times reported Sept. 8.

Phoenix-based Banner Health is making a big bet on population health as it aims to use data to improve patient outcomes and cut costs.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC is teaming up with natural language understanding company Realyze Intelligence to study whether an invasive procedure is the right diagnostic tool for certain cancer patients. Realyze is a portfolio company of UPMC Enterprises, the health system's venture capital…

Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine is partnering with AI-powered Cornerstone to develop an online talent management platform. 

Former Cerner President Donald Trigg was named CEO of Vera Whole Health and Castlight Health, now known as Apree Health.

Though tech workers are in demand generally, employers are particularly seeking certain specialized skills in fields such as cloud computing and data analytics, according to a recent report from career marketplace Dice.

Epic has been working on interoperability for years and announced new efforts in recent months.

Amazon, CVS and UnitedHealth Group are utilizing upstart companies that provide primary care, virtual care and in-home care to try to buy their way into disrupting the healthcare industry, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 9.   

Amazon Web Services is looking to hire a healthcare payers and strategic industry global business development lead with a background in risk management and data management for its healthcare and life sciences industry team.