In a note to clients, Citigroup analyst Garen Sarafian recommended Apple purchase athenahealth, CNBC reports.

There are five key lessons Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente officials learned after installing a comprehensive EHR across the health plan and medical group, Robert M. Pearl, MD, former CEO of the Permanente Medical Group, wrote in a Harvard Business Review op-ed.

Hospitals aren't taking the necessary steps to protect email domains from phishing attacks, according to a Global Cyber Alliance survey.

Healthix — a public health information exchange based in New York City — integrated two private HIEs, operated by New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health and New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System.

Microsoft released a security update June 13 after assessing potential cyberthreats, according to a Microsoft blog post by Eric Doerr, general manager of the company's security response center.

The following health IT vendor contracts and go-lives were reported during the past week.

Mudit Garg. Co-founder and CEO of Qventus (Los Altos, Calif.). Mr. Garg is the cofounder and CEO of Qventus, a company that offers artificial intelligence-based software designed to simplify hospital operations. He founded multiple technology companies before Qventus, including Hive, a…

LeAnna Fries. Administrative Director of Informatics Education and Engagement at Stanford (Calif.) Health Care. During her time at Stanford, Ms. Fries has been committed to her mission of driving physician adoption, engagement, and optimization through education. Ms. Fries spearheads a targeted…

Colin Drylie. Director of Innovation at Humana (Louisville, Ky.). Mr. Drylie has been the director of innovation for Humana since October 2015, prior to which he spent a year as the insurer’s entrepreneur in residence. In his current role, Mr. Drylie…

Michael Archuleta. Director of Information Technology Services at Mt. San Rafael Hospital (Trinidad, Colo.). During his tenure, Mr. Archuleta designed the first data center at Mt. San Rafael Hospital while adding virtualization efforts that reduced the hospital’s costs by 56 percent…