The Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement and the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative entered into a partnership to expand the reach of both organizations.

CMS awarded CNSI, a health IT solutions provider, 4.5 year, $35 million contract to develop and maintain CMS' next-generation Encounter Data Processing System for Medicare Part C claims.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health rolled out a program in the Amazon Alexa "skills" store to help patients identify nearby urgent care centers and emergency rooms with the shortest wait times, according to Newsday.

The digital health sector raised $5.5 billion in venture capital funding during the first nine months of 2017, according to a Mercom Capital Group report.

National policies for telemedicine reimbursement should aim to improve access to care, a metric that affects rural and urban residents alike, four health and emergency medicine researchers wrote in an Oct. 12 op-ed published in Health Affairs.

Toronto-based University Health Network is in the midst of reviewing five years' worth of online patient records after officials discovered some patients' information had been misplaced, CTV News reports.

Chase Brexton Health Care, a Baltimore-based group of community health clinics, plans to notify patients about a security incident after four employees responded to a phishing attempt.

There were 46 healthcare breaches disclosed in September, up from 33 breaches in August, according to a Protenus report.

Manchester, N.H.-based Catholic Medical Center selected the Allscripts CareInMotion platform to streamline care transitions, the company announced Oct. 17.

Zocdoc, an online scheduling service for healthcare organizations, integrated its platform with the Allscripts EHR, the company announced Oct. 17.