The first half of 2024 has already been a busy one for health system CIOs, with cyberattacks disrupting large swaths of the healthcare industry and an increased focus on artificial intelligence.

Revenue intelligence and automation company Adonis raised $31 million in Series B funding led by Point72 Private Investments.

Amazon Web Services has pledged to commit $3 million to three different healthcare organizations in a bid to advance pediatric and children's healthcare. 

It has been just over a year since Jim Molloy took over as executive vice president, CFO and treasurer at New Orleans-based Ochsner Health. Since then, the 46-hospital health system has shifted its focus from external to internal growth in an effort to primarily focus on better serving its existing patients.

After patients undergo foot surgery at the University of Florida Health, they're given a Bluetooth device to wear their body or in their shoes. If people put too much weight on their recovering feet, the sensor immediately alerts patients and their physicians. 

A New York City-based Northwell Health staff program that started to hire medical assistants in ambulatory practices has expanded to a pipeline that has saved the system $200 million and brought in thousands of employees in the last 10 years.

Cleveland Clinic's former associate chief experience officer, Judith Wolfe, MD, is joining UH St. John Medical Center in Westlake, Ohio. The facility is part of Cleveland-based University Hospitals. 

From Arkansas' attorney general filing a lawsuit against Optum Rx and Express Scripts to Sutter Health beating a whistleblower's double-billing allegations, here are 10 recent healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements and legal developments Becker's has reported since June 17:

Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health and Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health opened a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Louisville.

The American Hospital Association sent letters to the Senate and House June 25 urging them to stop CMS from enforcing its final rule on minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities.

Mail-ordered prescriptions were supposed to be cheaper, but these medications are costing more than those picked up at pharmacy counters, The Wall Street Journal reported June 25. 

Charleston, S.C.-based Roper St. Francis Healthcare System has named Joseph DeLeon president and CEO, effective Aug. 5. 

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health has named Reema Narang as its new chief strategy and innovation officer.  

Jodi Stack, RN, MSN, has been named chief nursing officer and chief administrative officer of Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield, Mass., where she began her nursing career in 2000. 

Milwaukee-based Froedtert ThedaCare Health launched Jan. 1 as a newly combined, 18-hospital system and has big plans to continue to grow and improve care access and quality across Wisconsin. 

Multiple states deemed best for healthcare by U.S. News & World Report do not rank in the top half in terms of hourly mean wage for surgical techs, adjusted for cost of living, according to Becker's analysis. 

A year after multiple popular oncology treatments were in short supply, U.S. cancer centers are still struggling to stock enough cancer therapies. 

The FBI and HHS have issued a joint alert to healthcare leaders about a social engineering campaign targeting healthcare organizations.

Nurses play a crucial role in shaping the use of AI-powered patient communications at UW Health, Chero Goswami, chief information and digital officer at UW Health, told Becker's. 

Publix Pharmacy, which has over 1,300 locations across eight states, has launched a virtual care service for patients.