Mergers & Acquisitions

Execs say the acquisition will allow members to offer new services to their clients, such as strong credentials that can be used for signing documents and authenticating to systems, including with federal agencies. 

The deal, financial terms of which were not disclosed, will help expand both companies' precision medicine offerings, bringing genomic insights to EHR workflows at the point of care.

This week's top stories include Verily beefing up its clinical trial platform, President Biden pushing for lower drug prices in his $3.5 trillion budget proposal, and the launch of the Teleprimary Care Certificate program.

This week's top stories include the pandemic exposing vulnerabilities in the digital ecosystem, and the CMS expecting Medicare Part D average premiums to increase nearly 5% in 2022.

Researchers found a 169% year-over-year increase in global telehealth investment, with the top five deals alone worth $1.5 billion.

The ongoing wave of mergers and acquisitions makes sense for startups and their VC backers. What does it mean for CIOs at their health system customers?

Health system CIOs are reducing their tech footprint and consolidating their IT systems for agility and efficiency. For digital health startups to succeed in this space, they must get three factors right: cost, scale and quality.

Monthly Update: HIMSS Media's Jonah Comstock recaps some of June's top healthcare stories, including event news, upcoming wearables and controversy surrounding the UnitedHealth Group.

Also: Product and partnership news from Careport, Seqster, OMNY Health and others.

An Insider report found that the medical group for Walmart Health has registered to operate in Alaska, Texas, Montana and more than a dozen other states.