Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center sent letters to up to 45,000 patients notifying them of a potential data security incident in May 2018.

Microsoft plans to shutdown support May 31 for its Health Dashboard applications and services, including those for the wearable device Microsoft Band.

Quest Diagnostics combined its chief information and digital officers into one role and named Gabrielle Wolfson, former Xerox Corp. CIO, to the role in February, according to The Wall Street Journal.

As Lyft prepares to go public, here are four notes on its role in healthcare so far:

Chicago-based Saint Anthony Hospital added to its contract with Allscripts, signing a Paragon EHR expansion and integrating more solutions.

The application, security and storage of data is a component of many of the emerging technologies and trends reshaping healthcare. Here, Shweta Vyas, vice president of market planning in healthcare business for data aggregations company LexisNexis Risk Solutions, answers three questions on emerging technologies and the trends driving industry changes.

New Albany, Ind.-based PMC Regional Hospital installed a Meditech EHR system Feb. 25.

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., unveiled the Digital Accountability and Transparency to Advance Privacy Act, which aims to put consumers in control of their health data.

Microsoft has released a tool in its Excel app that allows Android users to take pictures of a spreadsheet and automatically import the info into Excel,  according to CNBC.

Hospitals are among four sectors, holding $11.7 trillion in rated debt, at high risk for cyberattack, according to a recent Moody's Investors Service report.

In the consumer world, there are many choices. We go online to purchase our mortgage, research car choices, do our banking, book our travel, find our hotels, buy our groceries and more.

Healthcare has become increasingly interested in data and the insights that can be found when analyzed.

Close care gaps via patient-reported data, streamline scheduling and save time for patients and providers

Updated mobile health-application guidelines concerning privacy, security, operability, usability and content have been released for public comment by Xcertia, a nonprofit founded by the AMA and other major players in health care and technology. 

The AMA is focused on making technology an asset, not a burden and the Association took that message to Orlando, Florida, where 45,000 health care and information technology professionals gathered for the Health Information Management Systems Society’s Global Conference and Exhibition. 

In a recent blog post, the American Medical Association (AMA) explores the ways that technology can help link patients with prediabetes to local lifestyle-change programs.

CipherHealth has announced that it is the #1 vendor for both Patient Outreach and Digital Rounding in the 2019 Best in KLAS: Software & Services Report. This is the second year in a row that CipherHealth has been named as the KLAS Category Leader for Patient Outreach. 

Chief information officers are on different pages when it comes to blockchain. Some use it everyday while others are uncertain about its basic structure.

Solve.Care, a blockchain-focused startup, is teaming up with Lyft to give its users better access to healthcare options, according to cryptocurrency news website BTCManager.

Boston-based Beth Israel Lahey Health, freshly minted a 13-hospital system as of March 1, plans to focus on IT system interoperability in the immediate future with plans to move to a single EHR a few years down the line, according to a Boston Business Journal interview with President and CEO Kevin Tabb, MD.