The following data breaches were reported within the past two weeks, beginning with the most recent.

The Department of Veterans Affairs' new commercial patient scheduling system is expected to go live in 2017, according to a Nextgov report.

Cybersecurity issues in healthcare have fallen to criticism lately in light of rising data breaches, notably the hacked server at Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems which compromised protected health information of 4.5 million patients.

Birmingham, Ala.-based American Family Care, a network of urgent care clinics, is notifying patients of a data breach after two laptops containing protected health information were stolen from an employee's vehicle earlier this summer, according to a Birmingham Business Journal…

Hospital officials at Jersey City (N.J.) Medical Center say they have found the compact disc containing protected health information that went missing during the summer, according to The Jersey Journal.

About 44,000 providers have applied for hardship exceptions to avoid penalties for not meeting meaningful use requirements, according to CMS.

Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire software vendor MedSynergies.

WNC Data Link, a regional health information exchange in North Carolina, ended operations in September.

A majority of consumers could be enticed to use a health or fitness tracking device in exchange for a lower health insurance premium or other benefit, according to a survey from TechnologyAdvice.

Apps offer an effective, low-cost alternative to traditional in-person follow-up care for low-risk patients, according to a study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.