Microsoft is teaming up with communities in six states to invest in technology and jobs in their smaller metropolitan areas, reports phys.org.  By Julie Spitzer - 10/6/17

A 2015 breach to the National Security Agency may have exposed its cyberwarfare strategy, according to TechCrunch.  By Julie Spitzer - 10/6/17

Women CEOs at digital health startups raised the most funding in the third quarter of 2017, which has been digital health's biggest year of funding yet, according to data from Rock Health.  By Julie Spitzer - 10/6/17

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, expressed support for developing a national standard when notifying individuals impacted by corporate data breaches during the committee's Equifax hearing, according to The Hill.  By Julie Spitzer - 10/6/17

In 2014, Google acquired U.K.-based artificial intelligence startup DeepMind for $525 million (£400 million) and has since invested heavily in AI research, reports Quartz.  By Julie Spitzer - 10/6/17

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he can rebuild Puerto Rico's hurricane-damaged power grid, which is currently providing electricity to less than 10 percent of the island and could take months to fully restore, reports The Hill.  By Julie Spitzer - 10/6/17

White House Chief of Staff and former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security John Kelly may have had his personal cell phone compromised, reports Politico.  By Julie Spitzer - 10/6/17

Forty-three percent of CMOs and oncology leaders are currently implementing a precision medicine program at their organization, according to a survey conducted by The Health Management Academy.  By Julie Spitzer - 10/6/17

Hospitals and health systems can achieve major efficiencies and cost savings by implementing new technologies. However, these technologies can also drain money from a healthcare organization if not properly implemented, managed and tracked.  By Mackenzie Bean - 10/6/17

eClinicalWorks added a interoperability module to its latest EHR release, the company announced Oct. 3.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 10/5/17

ONC launched a pre-release version of its updated website, the agency announced on Twitter Sept. 27.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 10/5/17

Clinical decision support systems prove particularly useful for six specific medical conditions, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 10/5/17

Seventy-six percent of healthcare respondents in IT departments agree their organizations need visibility to detect and mitigate human errors and misuse, according to a Netwrix report.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 10/5/17

Google's artificial intelligence system has an IQ of 47.28, according to recent research reported in CNBC.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 10/5/17

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared a carbon monoxide breath sensor that can be used in smoking cessation programs, CNBC reports.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 10/5/17

Here are 11 recent news updates on health IT companies.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 10/5/17

Leaders within the health IT space are continuously innovating to bring care outside of a hospital's walls and into patients' homes. Many questions remain unanswered, however, including how to relieve physician administrative burden related to EHRs and how to implement the necessary IT infrastructure for data sharing. Despite the many challenges at play, stakeholders across the care continuum are striving to answer these questions to elevate patient care.  By Mary Rechtoris - 10/5/17

No matter a hospital's market, every healthcare provider in the U.S. faces a similar looming challenge: to bend the cost curve as a growing, aging population with more chronic conditions than ever before enter the healthcare system.  By Emily Rappleye - 10/5/17

In a recent press release, Avizia, powering system-wide telehealth, announced a significant enhancement to its solutions’ far end camera control (FECC).  By Staff - 10/5/17

Without CDI, health care providers could find themselves in dire straits.  By Andrew Woughter, Senior Vice President of Product Strategy - 10/5/17