Messages that contain spam and malware make up 13 percent of emails, according to a Mimecast report.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 8/30/18

Here are 12 recent news updates on health IT companies:  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 8/30/18

After running her own practice for six years, Tanisha Richmond was ready for a change.  By Tanisha Richmond, podiatrist and owner, Richmond Foot and Ankle - 8/30/18

In 2013, the actress Angelina Jolie published an opinion column in the New York Times that described her decision to undergo a preventive mastectomy after testing positive for the BRCA gene, a mutation that can lead to breast cancer.  By Krithika Srivats, Vice President, HGS Healthcare Practice Office - 8/30/18

Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge, La., is implementing Health Catalyst's data analytics solution.  By Anuja Vaidya - 8/30/18

The Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis entered into a joint research agreement with Fujifilm, a Japanese photography and imaging company, Aug. 28.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 8/30/18

Among the investors backing Unity Biotechnology, a startup that aims to develop drugs to extend the human lifespan, is Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, CNBC reports.  By Julie Spitzer - 8/30/18

Financial services may be the leading industry adopting blockchain, but executives also see promise in industries like healthcare, according to a PwC survey.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 8/29/18

The eHealth Initiative Foundation, a healthcare collaborative focused on quality and safety improvement, and the healthcare division of LexisNexis Risk Solutions released a report on the importance of data governance in healthcare Aug. 20.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 8/29/18

What does interoperability have in common with Fortnite and this summer’s record-setting weather?  By David Lareau, CEO of Medicomp Systems - 8/29/18

Todd Plesco, chief information security officer at Irvine, Calif.-based PrescribeWellness, discusses the need for ethics in data protection and how hospitals should handle threats to cybersecurity.  By Jackie Drees - 8/29/18

Shortly after Genevieve Morris, chief health information officer of the Veterans Affairs Department's Office for EHR Modernization, resigned from her post Aug. 24, Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., sent a letter to VA Secretary Robert Wilkie expressing "great concern about the deteriorating and rudderless leadership" of the project, according to Military Times.  By Julie Spitzer - 8/29/18

MedChain, a company focused on early stage healthcare blockchain and decentralized applications EMRs, is partnering with Cognition Foundry, an IBM business partner.  By Anuja Vaidya - 8/29/18

10x Genomics made its first acquisition Aug. 28, with the purchase of Epinomics, a startup developing technologies for epigenetics research.  By Julie Spitzer - 8/29/18

Centra Health in Lynchburg, Va., is planning to go live on a new Cerner EHR Sept. 1, as part of a multimillion dollar project that is among the largest in the health system's history, according to a WDBJ7 report.  By Julie Spitzer - 8/29/18

Epic CEO and Founder Judy Faulkner equated surviving in nature to staying afloat in the today's health technology industry in her 2018 executive address at the company's annual Users Group Meeting Aug. 28, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.  By Julie Spitzer - 8/29/18

John D. Halamka, MD, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and dean of technology for Harvard Medical School, both based in Boston, discussed his thoughts on healthcare interoperability during a recent interview with athenaInsight.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 8/29/18

Hospitals have invested large sums of money digitizing their operations over the past decades.  By Benjamin Kanter, MD, FCCP, CMIO of Vocera - 8/28/18

With sincere apologies to Billy Joel, the title for this blog is actually very accurate.  By Nick Knowlton, VP, Strategic Initiatives, Brightree; Co-Founder, CommonWell Health Alliance - 8/28/18

The Pew Charitable Trusts, MedStar Health's National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare in Washington, D.C., and the American Medical Association released a report outlining ways to improve EHR safety and usability Aug. 28.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 8/28/18