Bernie Monegain
Privacy & Security
As the year 2015 draws to a close with a warning that healthcare -- more than ever before -- has become a target for cyber security attacks, we list the most recent data breaches reported to the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
The National Science Foundation will provide a $10 million grant to researchers at several top universities to support their work on cloud and mobile network security in healthcare.
Paul DePodesta, one of the men who brought "Moneyball" to Major League Baseball, just joined Scripps Translational Science Institute, where he will use his data-analyzing prowess to help drive transformation in medicine.
Data security firm Digital Guardian has acquired $66 million in new capital it will use to bolster its roster of products for data protection, advanced threat protection and endpoint detection and response.
Northern Arizona Healthcare is expanding its contract with health IT vendor Cerner by installing its Business Office Services platform at all ambulatory clinics, integrating the provider's clinical, financial and population health management systems.
The Verona, Wisconsin-based EHR giant will provide Vanderbilt University Medical Center with clinical, administrative and billing software and also MyChart, Epic's patient portal.
The National Institutes of Health revealed its roster of ambitious goals for the next five years and many of them are either focused on reliant upon technologies.
WellDoc, whose BlueStar technology is focused on adults with Type 2 diabetes, has drawn $22 million in a Series B round of funding from Samsung Ventures and existing investor Merck Global Health Innovation Fund. The company will use the money to continue commercialization and accelerate adoption of BlueStar.
Jonathan S. Lewin, MD, senior vice president for integrated healthcare delivery and co-chair for strategic planning at Johns Hopkins Medicine, will leave the Baltimore health system for Emory Healthcare in Atlanta. He is slated to begin his tenure as president, CEO and chairman of the board of directors at Emory on Feb. 1.
Three Community Healthcare System hospitals in Indiana have achieved Stage 7, the highest level on HIMSS Analytics' Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model.