Digital health funding is seeing a rebound with startups raising $5.7 billion across 266 deals in the first half of 2024, according to a July 8 report from Rock Health. 

Portland, Ore.-based nonprofit digital healthcare innovation group OCHIN, Inc. said 10 healthcare organizations began using its OCHIN Epic EHR in the second quarter of 2024.

Nurses at Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital in Dover, Ohio, have approved a new three-year labor contract.

Compared to white and cisgender adolescents, Black youth and transgender and nonbinary adolescents are less likely to be admitted for patient care, according to a study published July 8 in JAMA Pediatrics. 

A week after a study connected Ozempic and Wegovy to an eye condition that can cause partial blindness, two ophthalmology organizations said they have "been aware of other vision changes for some time."

Two health systems were a "match made in heaven" when they collaborated to form a virtual care company that has already been a hit with patients.

CAR-T therapy is becoming a more frequent treatment for Medicare patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, but changes in CAR-T treatments that push it as an earlier line of therapy may change where patients receive the therapy — and ultimately, its cost.

An investigation by the Federal Trade Commission into pharmacy benefit managers revealed PBM favoritism toward their own pharmacies and vast market control, which affects both medication access and affordability, according to the agency's initial July report.

Tanja Oquendo was named chief people officer of Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services, effective Aug. 12, according to a health system news release shared with Becker's.

Sam Pena, BSN, was named COO of HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center, according to a message to staff from CEO Chris Osentowski.

Tennessee law enforcement officials are investigating a murder-suicide at a Dunlap-based nursing home, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported July 8.

Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health has named Jenny Stachura, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer of its Midwest Division's Iowa/Nebraska market. 

Health systems put an emphasis on strategy over scale in hospital transactions announced in the second quarter of 2024, according to a July 9 report from Kaufman Hall.

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger has shared plans for a proposed $880 million expansion to its Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. 

Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health has tapped Dennis Bierle president of CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy in Omaha, effective immediately. 

IT unemployment kept climbing in June as employers automate tech jobs with artificial intelligence, IT consulting firm Janco Associates reported.

Court records allege that a former Nuance employee accused of breaching patient data from Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger had fake IDs and a machine used to create them, PennLive reported.

Micky Tripathi, PhD, and Troy Tazbaz are stepping down from their roles as federal observers on the board of the Coalition for Health AI (CHAI), a nonprofit supported by health systems.

Each year, Forbes releases its World's Billionaires list, highlighting the wealthiest individuals globally based on their net worth.

In February, lawmakers in California introduced a bill to enable community colleges in the state to offer a Bachelor of Science in nursing. The legislation is now facing pushback from leaders at state universities who say it would not actually serve its purpose of enabling more nurses to enter the workforce.