Microsoft Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Microsoft, launched a global competition to offer $3.5 million in funding to startups focused on artificial intelligence Oct. 10.

The Health Information Trust Alliance and cybersecurity company Trend Micro unveiled a deception-based threat detection platform called HITRUST Cyber Threat XChange Deceptive Oct. 3.

The majority of medical professionals — 86 percent — agree EHRs make it easier to provide services and care to patients, according to a Select Hub report.

The protected health information of an estimated 150,000 Americans using services from Layfayette, La.-based Patient Home Monitoring was discovered on a publicly accessible and unprotected Amazon cloud server, according to Gizmodo.

Atlanta-based Azalea Health merged with Houston-based Prognosis Innovation Healthcare Aug. 31 to establish an EHR that will serve rural and community hospitals.

Watertown, Mass.-based athenahealth will offer Linden, Utah-based HIPAA One security risk analysis software as an optional line-item on their monthly invoice in an effort to provide greater value and simple billing.

While spying on Russian government hackers, Israeli intelligence officials reportedly caught them exploiting Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab's antivirus software in an effort to pin down code names of American intelligence programs, reports The New York Times.

The Department of Homeland Security appointed Barry West, EDB, to a limited-term senior executive service position as senior adviser and acting deputy CIO, reports FedScoop.

Nuance Communications and Talix entered into an agreement for a new artificial intelligence-powered solution to enhance quality and risk adjustment.

Welltok is acquiring Tea Leaves Health from Ziff Davis, a subsidiary of j2 Global.