Athenahealth shares dropped 17 percent on April 28 after the company posted its 2017 first quarter financial results, according to the Boston Business Journal.

A sophisticated phishing scam concealing itself as a Google Docs file made waves online Wednesday. The attempt hit so many users that the hashtag #PhishingScam was trending on Twitter by the afternoon, NPR reports.

Here are 10 recent news updates on health IT companies.

Sometimes healthcare systems need to help people find care online and raise awareness for their own services, which is where online advertising such as paid search, native advertising, and paid social can be especially useful.

Seventy-six percent of hospitals either have consumer telehealth services in place or plan to implement the capability by the end of 2018, according to a survey conducted by Teladoc and Becker's Healthcare.

Most counties in Iowa could have no insurers selling plans on the state's 2018 ACA health insurance exchanges, reports The Washington Post.

GNS Healthcare, a precision medicine company, hired Benjamin Bielak to serve as CIO.

The Altarum Institute, a nonprofit consulting firm, joined forces with Hashed Health to further healthcare payment solutions using blockchain and distributed ledger technologies.

And now for some good news for a healthcare industry which annually spends between $330 – $597 billion on insurance and billing related-activities1.

Even as the future of the Affordable Care Act remains uncertain, one thing is clear: value-based care remains a priority.