The health IT world is changing, and as it does, the CIO role is adapting, as well.

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HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell has announced a new initiative to improve patient care through improved IT systems and access to information.

Data breaches are every healthcare organization's nightmare. What can providers do to reduce the risk of data breaches? The following are 10 steps to keeping healthcare data safe, according to data breach response solutions company ID Experts.

Health Gorilla, an online marketplace for providers to connect with diagnostic labs and radiology centers, has released Health Gorilla Marketplace 2.0, which adds several thousand new vendors, seven vendor categories and expanded support for ACOs and independent practice associations.

A Healthcare Billing and Management Association survey found that more than half of healthcare providers, 51 percent, report being "somewhat" ready for the ICD-10 transition set to take place Oct. 1, 2015, according to an ICD-10 Monitor report.

The Center for Internet Security and the Medical Device Innovation, Safety and Security Consortium have released the CIS/MDISS Security Benchmark Mapping Guidance, a resource designed to help medical device manufacturers keep medical devices secure.

Johnson & Johnson Innovation has announced plans to create a new incubator for life science startups under its Janssen Labs, to be housed at the Texas Medical Center's Innovation Institute in Houston.

Mobile communications company Vocera has released a communication product with the ability to integrate with EHRs and other electronic clinical systems.

Why normalizing your clinical and claims data into standard terminologies is critical to supporting forward-thinking initiatives such as big data analytics, population health management and semantic interoperability