Although 85 percent of small healthcare facilities feel their IT systems adequately limit the risk of a data breach, one-third of those facilities spend no more than 10 percent of their IT budget on protecting patient data, according to a…

McLean, Va.-based Booz Allen Hamilton, has purchased the Baltimore-based healthcare unit of Genova Technologies.

Springfield, Ill.-based HSHS Medical Group, the physician organization of Hospital Sisters Health System, has announced plans to integrate Apple Watch into its patient care protocol.

Wearables are gaining a lot of traction in healthcare. Twenty-one percent of American adults already own a wearable device, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers survey. Despite their proliferation, many adults still have reservations about the widespread use of wearables, mostly that…

Clinicians need smart, portable, point-of-care solutions for capturing and transmitting data, as well as routine communication. They also want technology to reduce demand on nursing time by eliminating waste in care resulting from inefficient workflows.

The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities has notified patients that a laptop that potentially contains their protected health information was stolen from an employee's car, according to The Newnan Times-Herald.

While new mHealth apps are being developed and released daily, one physician suggests such apps are not worth anything, as they focus on programs that don't actually address any issues within the healthcare system, according to a report by The…

ResMed has launched ResMed Data Exchange, a suite of software and services for home medical equipment and healthcare providers that allows access to critical patient information.

CMS is set to host a call on the 2014 Certified Electronic Health Record Technology Flexibility Rule to educate providers on how to use the rule to meet meaningful use incentives in 2014.

Four hospitals and all associated ambulatory clinics in the Cincinnati-based Mercy Health system have received HIMSS Analytics' Stage 7 Award, the highest level of electronic health record progress a healthcare organization can attain.