In the last eight years, more than 7.1 billion identities have been exposed in healthcare data breaches, according to a Symantec report.

IBM launched four new cloud data centers: two in Dallas and two in Washington, D.C.

Royal Philips on April 23 introduced eCareManager 4.1, a clinical workflow solution for teleICU providers, at the American Telemedicine Association's annual conference in Orlando.

PlushCare, a direct-to-consumer online urgent care provider, rolled out a new EHR to its 50 affiliated telehealth physicians.

The Center for Connected Health Policy, a nonprofit telehealth policy resource organization, published its fifth annual State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies report.

CMS posted a new resource online, called the CMS Centralized Repository, which provides eligible professionals and hospitals with a consolidated source of information about reporting options for public health agencies and clinical data registries.

Epic's patient portal now contains evidence-based clinical information from Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic.

Here are 15 recent news updates on health IT companies.

For more than a week in February 2016, normal operations at a Hollywood, California hospital came to a sudden and potentially dangerous stand-still. Hackers had successfully encrypted much of the hospital's data, preventing hospital staff from accessing patient medical records.

Regulations like HIPAA are in place to protect sensitive protected health information, but the threat landscape is ever-changing.