Industry News Update 5/26/23

MEDITECH recognizes the Institute for Health Metrics as their data collaborator to support and accelerate health equity at hospital across the country & The COVIS public health emergency ends this week. 

Microsoft has released a special Defender update for Windows 11, Windows 10, and Windows Serves & The Biden Administration will invest $140 million to launch seven new National AI Research Institutes.

The CMS is toughening hospital price transparency enforcement, and imposing fines more quickly & Apple is developing a paid, AI-powered health coaching service called Quartz.

Tegria acquires Sisu Healthcare IT Solutions, which offers MEDITECH-certified hosting and services & Firewalla has launched a web-based security portal to help its users manage multiple firewalls.

Amazon announced a new suite of features tailored for providers using Alexa-enabled experiences at scale for hospitals & MEDITECH highlighted Google Health integrations and its Expanse cloud EHR at HIMSS23.

Apple pushed out a major iOS security update on Friday to fix a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities already being exploited in the wild & A New York bill could speed up nurses’ route to licensure through more training in simulation labs.