Reliable Respiratory in Norwood, Mass., discovered unusual activity on an employee's email account in July, which may have allowed hackers to access an undisclosed number of patients' protected health information.  By Julie Spitzer - 9/5/18

Apple told some of the participants in its joint heart study with Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine that it had completed collecting their data over the Labor Day weekend, according to the blog MacRumors.  By Julie Spitzer - 9/5/18

The Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs will hold a hearing on James Paul Gfrerer's nomination as the first permanent CIO at the Veterans Affairs Department since the start of the Trump administration Sept. 5, according to the Politico Morning eHealth newsletter.  By Julie Spitzer - 9/5/18

Effectively managing a hospital's revenue cycle requires the completion of time-consuming, cumbersome tasks that are prone to human error. However, automation shows promise for streamlining a significant amount of this labor-intensive work.  By Julie Spitzer - 9/5/18

We live in a world in which cyber foes are constantly coming up with new ways to compromise us. And – to boost the hackers’ advantage – the increasingly unrestrained use of the cloud has created somewhat of a Wild, Wild West scenario. The healthcare industry proves no exception. So, just as in those old westerns we watched as children, there comes a moment when a new sheriff arrives in town to bring everything under control.  By Brian Wells, CTO, Merlin International - 9/5/18

In April, the FDA approved the first medical device to provide physicians with autonomous screening decisions. It's a milestone for the medical community  — but a few "blind spots" may have been overlooked, two researchers write in an editorial for npj Digital Medicine.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 9/5/18

The Trump administration's decision to impose tariffs on Chinese goods may threaten the leadership of the U.S. in the cloud computing market, according to a September report by a public policy and technology think tank.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 9/5/18

The Brooklyn (N.Y.) Hospital Center completed a transition to a new Epic EHR at its ambulatory care network sites, the organization confirmed Sept. 4.  By Julie Spitzer - 9/5/18

Apple is seeking an engineering manager to support its health business.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 9/4/18

Patients are most likely to agree to share their health data with a physician, and least likely to want to share their data with a tech company, according to a Rock Health report.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 9/4/18

A new strain of ransomware, dubbed "Barack Obama's Everlasting Blue Blackmail Virus," uses a photograph of former President Barack Obama as part of its extortion scam, Bleeping Computer reports.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 9/4/18

In the U.S., one healthcare issue that dominates headlines, surveys and reports is the exorbitant cost of care.  By Angie Stewart - 9/4/18

Dan Costantino, chief information security officer at Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania Health System, discusses the idea of implementing data protection as a team effort instead of an individual role.  By Jackie Drees - 8/31/18

Here are the five most-read health IT stories from Becker's Hospital Review in August, beginning with the most popular:  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 8/31/18

The Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative revealed its first-ever SHIEC Achievement Award winners during its fourth annual conference in Atlanta, which took place Aug. 19-22.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 8/31/18

Meditech integrated access to state-regulated electronic prescription drug monitoring programs into its newest EHR and patient administration system, a web-based platform called Expanse.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 8/31/18

Here are seven recent health IT vendor contracts and go-lives:  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 8/31/18

Tempus, a health IT company advancing precision medicine, received $110 million in as Series E financing round, increasing its total funding to $320 million.  By Anuja Vaidya - 8/31/18

Chief information security officers from six leading hospitals and health systems in the U.S. have teamed up to form the Provider Third Party Risk Management Council.  By Julie Spitzer - 8/30/18

So much of what we do, from paying bills online to checking in for flights, has been made easier and more transparent in the digital age with our ability to manage it all from our phones.  By Janet Campbell, Vice President of Patient Experience, Epic - 8/30/18