Apple's latest addition to its health team is M. Osman Akhtar, COO of the nonprofit hospital network Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services, who resigned in late August to pursue an opportunity "outside of traditional healthcare," CNBC reports.  By Julie Spitzer - 9/14/18

A recent blog post by Allscripts discusses how health IT systems are working to help prevent and address the sepsis issue. By Staff - 9/13/18

With the healthcare analytics market predicted to hit $31 billion by 2022, it is not surprising that data analytics is the most significant revolution in healthcare in the last decade.  By Sanjeev Agrawal, President and Chief Marketing Officer, LeanTaaS - 9/13/18

With FDA approval to add an electrocardiogram sensor and other health features to its new Apple Watch Series 4, the tech giant has a clear demographic in mind for the technology: baby boomers, according to CNBC's Christina Farr.  By Alyssa Rege - 9/13/18

Apple revealed the Apple Watch Series 4 will be equipped with an electrocardiogram monitor during its Sept. 12 event. However, many cardiologists have expressed concern over the move.  By Julie Spitzer - 9/13/18

Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health formed a health IT-focused joint venture company with VertitechIT called baytechIT.  By Anuja Vaidya - 9/13/18

The Fetal Diagnostic Institute of the Pacific in Honolulu is notifying 40,800 patients to a potential data breach after it fell victim to a ransomware attack in June, according to HHS' Office for Civil Rights breach portal.  By Julie Spitzer - 9/13/18

Here are nine recent news updates on health IT companies:  By Julie Spitzer - 9/13/18

A federal appeals court upheld a CRISPR patent awarded to the Cambridge, Mass.-based Broad Institute in a unanimous decision Sept. 10, STAT reports.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 9/12/18

Mercy Technology Services, the IT arm of Aurora, Mo.-based Mercy health system, launched a cloud-hosted imaging software solution.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 9/12/18

Healthcare is the only industry vertical with more insiders causing data breaches, as opposed to external actors or partners, according to Verizon's 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report.  By Julie Spitzer - 9/12/18

In a recent press relese, Medix, a national organization specialized in workforce solutions and recruiting skilled personnel for clients in Healthcare, Scientific and Information Technology industries, announced it has rebranded its Epic advisory and workforce solution practice into the Alidade Group to further expand its premier HIT services.  By Staff - 9/12/18

A new analysis by Clemson (S.C.) University researchers and shared with The Wall Street Journal revealed nearly 600 Twitter accounts tweeting ACA information meant to further polarize voters were linked to a Russian company.  By Alyssa Rege - 9/12/18

Four scientists have won coveted awards from the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation for their contributions to genetics research and development of a widely-used anesthetic known as "milk of amnesia," the foundation announced Sept. 11.  By Julie Spitzer - 9/12/18

This year's National Health IT Week, an annual celebration to raise awareness of the value of health IT, is slated for Oct. 8-12, and the Health Information and Management Systems Society is preparing leaders to participate online.  By Julie Spitzer - 9/12/18

Compliancy Group, which markets a web-based solution to assist with HIPAA compliance, rolled out a free online HIPAA quiz Sept. 12 to help organization assess their knowledge of the data privacy legislation.  By Julie Spitzer - 9/12/18

The Arc of Erie County, a Buffalo, N.Y.-based nonprofit that serves people with developmental disabilities, agreed to pay a $200,000 penalty to the state of New York to resolve allegations it violated HIPAA in a yearslong data breach.  By Julie Spitzer - 9/12/18

Trends favor more efficient procedures with less trauma and faster recovery.  By Michael E. Lipkin, MD - 9/11/18

Andrew Moore, PhD, dean of the school of computer science at Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Mellon University, will leave his role at the university to head up Google Cloud's artificial intelligence efforts full-time at the end of 2018.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 9/11/18

Problem to Solve  By Freed Associates - 9/11/18