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A federal jury orders Apple to pay Masimo $634 million for violating the company’s blood oxygen reading patents in Apple Watch’s workout mode and heart rate notification feature.

The legal battle between the companies has involved numerous lawsuits over six years, with the federal government instituting a ban in 2023 on imports of select Apple smartwatches because of the technology infringement.

Apple subsequently introduced an updated, import-friendly version of its technology.

Reader Comments

From Funicular: “Re: HIMSS. Staff tell me that layoffs started Monday as part of a 30% workforce reduction.” Unverified. I asked HIMSS to comment as I always do, which resulted in the usual lack of response. They have also not responded to my repeated requests for their updated nonprofit tax filings, the most recent of which that I have seen is from 2021.

From AccelerateHIMSS: “Re: HIMSS. Heading toward a 60% workforce reduction by year’s end. Did they spend the HIMSS20 insurance payout and rumored $150 million sale of the annual conference on the failed Accelerate instead of refunding attendees and exhibitors, which would have allowed them to thrive?” Unverified.

Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

MRO acquires Clinetic, which uses EHR data to help providers and life sciences companies find, screen, and enroll patients for clinical trials.

Sales

University of Illinois Health and EFW Radiology in Canada select enterprise imaging technology from Agfa HealthCare.
Advanced Radiology Management will implement Visage Imaging’s Visage 7 Enterprise Imaging Platform in a five-year, $29 million contract.

People

Divurgent names Vitalize Consulting Solutions co-founder Danny Arnold EVP of growth and strategy.

Penn State Health (PA) names Dennis Sutterfield (SUNY Downstate Medical Center) VP/CIO.

Brandon Theophilus (NextGen Healthcare) joins Basata as SVP of growth.

Unite Us appoints Sean Burke (Ascend Learning) president.

Announcements and Implementations

Humana goes live on Epic’s Coverage Finder and Digital Insurance Card Exchange capabilities for its 800,000 Medicare Advantage members, which provides insurance verification and streamlined check-in.

Edifecs introduces a member consent management solution for health plans.

A CHG Healthcare survey of physicians finds that 82% are not highly engaged in their workplaces, 59% don’t trust their executive leaders, and 60% say their leadership doesn’t ask for their input.

Healthcare technology consulting and staffing services firm ROI International renames itself Quoris.

Early users of Oracle Health’s Clinical AI Agent for ambient documentation give the product a 94% “would recommend” in a new KLAS report, with strong integration, flexible cost, and product accuracy being its key strengths.

Privacy and Security

An Illinois school superintendent is charged with felony misconduct after ordering a county health nurse to share information about students who were diagnosed with hand, foot, and mouth disease. The superintendent and two IT employees were arrested for violating student privacy laws.

Other

The family of a university freshman who died by suicide files a wrongful-death lawsuit against telehealth firm Hims & Hers Health Inc. for allegedly prescribing an antidepressant that is known to increase suicide risk without proper patient evaluation. Also named in the lawsuit is a fraternity that the lawsuit alleges hazed the student and contributed to alcohol misuse. The family says that Hims & Hers targeted their son through an Instagram ad, prescribed him a 90-day supply of antidepressants with only text messaging contact, and doubled his dose 30 days later.

Northern Maine Medical Center launches its Comprehensive Patient Assessment & Specialist Support program to offer critical care and pulmonology patients bedside virtual consults with specialists. The hospital will add neurology and cardiology to the COMPASS program next year.

Sponsor Updates

Arcadia will exhibit at NAMD Fall 2025 November 19-21 in National Harbor, MD.
Artera will exhibit at ModMed Momentum November 21-23 in Orlando.
Linus Health will present new evidence validating its AI-enabled tools for early detection and trial readiness at the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) conference in San Diego December 1-4.
Black Book Research releases the “2026 Health System & Hospital AI Governance Resource Guide.”
KLAS recognizes Impact Advisors as best positioned to meet specific organizational needs in the “KLAS Healthcare HIT Professional Services Outlook 2025 Report.”
Agfa HealthCare, Concord Technologies, Elsevier, PerfectServe, Rhapsody, Wolters Kluwer Health, and Visage Imaging will exhibit at RSNA 2025 November 30-December 3 in Chicago.