Healthcare data security company CloudWave acquires competitor Sensato for an undisclosed sum.
CentralReach Joins Bell Works in ‘Office of the Future’
Behavioral health EHR vendor CentralReach expands with the opening of a 25,000 square-foot collaborative work space in the Bell Works development in Holmdel, NJ.
HHS seeks feedback on a proposed rule concerning the confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records.
South County Hospital Announces “Phone and Network Issues” Resolved
South County Hospital in Rhode Island resolves phone and network issues that forced it to revert to downtime procedures and cancel surgeries last week.
PayZen Raises $220 Million Growth Round for Personalized Healthcare Affordability
Patient financing solutions vendor PayZen raises $20 million in equity financing.
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Back Online After Malware Attack
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital (CA) recovers from a malware attack that caused it to shut down its EHR for six days.
Gallant Capital Invests in Lightning Step to Support Growth
Behavioral health IT vendor Lightning Step secures an undisclosed amount of funding from Gallant Capital Partners.
Interstate Health Systems Launches with Oversold Pre-Seed Investment Round
Interstate Health Systems launches with pre-seed funding to develop a network of primary care, urgent care, and telemedicine services along the nation’s highway system.
Care.ai Secures $27M from Crescent Cove Advisors to Introduce Ambient Intelligence to Healthcare
Care.ai, which offers AI-powered ambient facility monitoring technology for hospitals, raises $27 million.
DirectTrust and EHNAC Announce Merger Agreement
EHNAC (Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission) will merge with DirectTrust on January 4, 2023, giving DirectTrust access to EHNAC’s accreditation programs.
Hospital info hacked at NY-P/Flushing
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital notifies patients of a recent data breach that occurred when an unauthorized third-party used a cloud-based, remote IT customer support program to access and then copy and delete files from employee laptops.
Cyber incident shuts down paramedic record system
An unspecified cybersecurity incident prompts EMS health IT vendor ESO to shut down the EHR used by paramedics in several counties in Ontario.
Telehealth Sites Put Addiction Patient Data at Risk
A 16-month analysis of a dozen online addiction and substance use disorder treatment companies finds that each one collects, identifies, and shares information about users with third parties; and engages in ad tracking.
Electronic records issue delaying gynecological referrals on P.E.I.
On Canada’s Prince Edward Island, health officials warn patients that a data entry issue with the island’s newly implemented clinic EHR has caused delays for 700 gynecological referrals.
Digital behavioral health vendor Cognoa promotes physician informaticist Sharief Taraman, MD to CEO.
Amazon officially launches Amazon Clinic, a message-based service that connects customers with Amazon-approved, third-party virtual care services for more than 20 common health conditions.
Cleveland Clinic to soon bill for MyChart messages
Cleveland Clinic will begin billing patients for certain messages sent through its MyChart patient portal that take physicians longer than five minutes to answer and require a certain amount of clinical expertise.
Epic customers can now move their medical records to Google Cloud.
Data breach of pediatricians’ computer network ‘may’ have exposed patient data
Pediatric health IT company Connexin Software, parent company of the Office Practicum brand, notifies over 100 customers and their patients of a data breach in late August.
Tech-enabled women’s and family care company Maven Clinic raises $90 million in a Series E funding round, bringing its total raised to $300 million.
Validic Inc. raises $12 million in its latest funding round
Digital health integration and remote patient monitoring technology vendor Validic secures $12 million in a financing round led by Kaiser Permanente Ventures.
Controversial £360m NHS England data platform ‘lined up’ for Trump backer’s firm
England’s The Guardian reports that a $425 million contract for a national shared patient data system is likely to be issued soon to Palantir.
AngelEye Health Announces Series B Funding to Support Company’s Rapid Growth
AngelEye Health, which offers patient and family engagement software for hospital neonatal, pediatric intensive care, and nursery units, raises $20 million in a Series B funding round.
SocialClimb Secures $8.5 Million in Growth Funding from Spring Capital and Resolve Growth Partners
Healthcare marketing and patient relationship management software firm SocialClimb secures $8.5 million in growth funding.
Amazon’s leaked ‘Clinic’ would connect patients to telemedicine
Amazon posts and then quickly unpublishes a video on its YouTube page describing Amazon Clinic, an online care program for common conditions.
Northwell Holdings and Aegis Ventures launch Upliv, which will offer video consults and care for managing the symptoms of menopause.
CommonSpirit Health says that access to its EHR and patient portal has been restored for most users following an October 4 ransomware attack.
Virtual care startup Wheel buys GoodRx tech for $20M
Virtual care company Wheel will acquire prescription savings company GoodRx’s virtual care technology for $20 million.
Hackers Are Posting Australian Health Insurance Data on the Dark Web
Hackers begin publishing patient data stolen from Australian company Medibank after the insurance company refused to pay the requested ransom.
Healthcare technology and consulting firm CitiusTech acquires California-based Wilco Source, which offers Salesforce consulting and implementation for healthcare and life sciences companies.
Fathom Secures $46M Series B Financing
Medical coding automation vendor Fathom raises $46 million in a Series B funding round.
SCP Health Announces Acquisition of Tech-Enabled Patient Engagement Company PreMedex
Clinical staffing and outsourced practice management company SCP Health acquires PreMedex, which offers patient engagement and communication software.
Talkspace Announces Jon Cohen, M.D. As Next Chief Executive Officer
Mental health app vendor Talkspace promotes Jon Cohen, MD to CEO after announcing disappointing Q3 results.
Censinet, the American Hospital Association, and KLAS Research launch a healthcare cybersecurity benchmarking study that will allow health systems to compare cybersecurity investments, resources, performance, and maturity versus peers.
Walgreens-backed primary care company VillageMD will acquire provider Summit Health for $9 billion.
Medication adherence vendor Emocha Health rebrands to Scene Health and launches Panorama, an enhanced Directly Observed Therapy program.
ChristianaCare’s new Business Health Solutions unit will offer employers direct virtual primary and behavioral health services, destination surgery programs, and COVID-19 vaccination and symptom-monitoring capabilities.
Roche introduces the navify brand for its digital health solutions at HLTH 2022
Roche, the world’s largest biotechnology company, unifies its 30-solution digital health portfolio under the brand Navify.
Smile Digital Health Expands Product Offering With Alphora Acquisition
Health data and integration vendor Smile Digital Health acquires clinical quality language and metrics company Alphora.
Transcarent will use Prescryptive’s prescription intelligence platform to power its Pharmacy Care service, giving members access to Prescryptive’s transparent pricing and network of retail, home delivery, and specialty pharmacies.
A whistleblower lawsuit that was joined by the Department of Justice said that the company, which is now known as ModMed, falsely attested that its EHR met Meaningful Use criteria and paid kickbacks for referrals.
Red Cross seeks ‘digital emblem’ to protect against hacking
The organization hopes that a digital version of its cross will protect medical and humanitarian services from digital harm during armed conflicts.
Warner Releases Policy Options Paper Addressing Cybersecurity in the Health Care Sector
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark R. Warner (D-VA) publishes “Cybersecurity is Patient Safety,” a policy options paper.
CPSI Announces Business Unit and Executive Leadership Changes
The company announces new leaders following the June retirement of President and CEO Boyd Douglas
CommonSpirit Appoints Daniel Barchi as Chief Information Officer
CommonSpirit Health hires Daniel Barchi from New York-Presbyterian as senior executive VP and CIO.
AeroDPC joins the Hint Health Ecosystem
Hint Health, which sells EHR-integrated membership management and billing software, acquires AeroDPC, which offers an EHR/PM system for direct primary care physicians.
Qualifacts Announces Acquisition of OnCall Health
Behavioral health EHR vendor Qualifacts acquires OnCall, a vendor of telehealth, patient portal, and client engagement technology for behavioral health organizations.
Walgreens-Backed VillageMD Said to Explore Deal for Summit
The proposed $10 billion company would operate the 200 primary care offices of Walgreens and the 340 urgent care locations of Summit Health-owned CityMD.
Americans Take Ketamine at Home for Depression With Little Oversight
Psychiatrists express concern that virtual care startups are prescribing ketamine for off-label treatment of serious mental health conditions.
Is the Promise of PROMs Being Realized? Implementation Experience in a Large Orthopedic Practice
Most of a practice’s total knee and total hip patients entered their patient-reported outcomes measures that were then stored in the EHR, but care teams ignored them during visits 99% of the time.
Oracle to close North Kansas City World Headquarters Campus, Realization Campus
Oracle will close the former Cerner world headquarters and its Realization Campus, consolidating employees from those locations to its Innovations campus and drastically reducing its Kansas City area footprint.
Moving Standards to Support SDOH Data Capture from the Sandbox to Production
ONC, HL7, and partners launch a group that will pilot the “SDOH Clinical Care FHIR Implementation Guide” as supported by ONC’s USCDI Version 2.
The virtual high-acuity virtual mental health provider partners with health systems and plans, emphasizing its use of evidence-based treatment plans.
Seattle-area health data analytics company Advata lays off employees
Revenue cycle analytics company Advata, which was formed in June 2022 by Providence in a merger of six companies it owns and operates as a part of Providence-owned Tegria, lays off 32 of its 150 employees.
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