Allscripts' three EHR platforms — Allscripts Sunrise, Allscripts TouchWorks and Allscripts Professional — achieved full certification for requirements under ONC's 2015 edition health IT product criteria.

More than 8,000 cybersecurity vulnerabilities exist in pacemakers on the market, according to a recent report from security firm White Scope.

Chicago-based health IT company Outcome Health has raised its first round of funding, valuing the company at more than $5 billion.

The top three vendors hospitals use to attest to the meaningful use program are Cerner, Meditech and Epic, according to June 2016 ONC data.

Congressional leaders have appointed Steve Ready, CIO of Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare, Steven Lane, MD, clinical informatics director with Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health, and biotech entrepreneur and surgeon Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD, to a 25-member committee that will advise the Trump…

Working as a bedside nurse for eight years, Kim Lewis, RN, BSN, cared for countless patients whose health deteriorated due to insufficient follow-up after they were discharged. Patients would come in with high blood sugars and high hemoglobin A1Cs, which…

Madison, Wis.-based UW Health on May 25 notified patients about a potential privacy breach, according to a news release emailed to Becker's Hospital Review.

South Bend, Ind.-based Beacon Health System notified roughly 1,200 patients about a privacy breach after discovering a former employee accessed medical records without proper authorization.

The Arizona Department of Health Services notified roughly 2,500 patients about a potential privacy breach, according to a May 26 news release emailed to Becker's Hospital Review.

Hyp3r, a San Francisco-based social engagement platform, on May 22 launched its Geosocial Index.