Only 15 percent of family physicians have used telehealth services, according a study in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

Paul Singer — an activist investor and hedge fund manager — on May 18 purchased a 9.2 percent stake in athenahealth, according to CNBC.

San Francisco-based Conversa, which offers an automated patient conversation platform, raised $8 million in Series A funding.

The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded Document Storage Systems a $19.6 million contract to integrate the health IT company's self-scheduling portal into the VA's homegrown VistA EHR system.

IBM on May 18 launched IBM Blockchain Founder Accelerator, a program to facilitate the adoption of blockchain across industries.

The global EHR market is expected to experience strong growth through 2025, according to analysis by Research and Markets.

The world took a pause on Friday, May 12, 2017, when a series of ransomware attacks compromised multiple organizations worldwide.

University of Chicago Medicine and Google will join forces to investigate how historical patient data stored in EHRs can improve future health outcomes.

Amherst-based University of Massachusetts gave Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Medical School $100,000 in funding to establish the Center for Data Driven Discovery and HealthCare.

Five lawmakers on May 17 introduced bipartisan legislation to add transparency measures to the federal government's policies for addressing IT vulnerabilities.