The following health IT vendor contracts were announced in the past week.

The following health IT go-lives were announced within the past week.

More than 60,000 government employees were notified of a potential data breach after a hacker gained access to the state's wellness contractor's computer system, according to a Nashville Post report.

Houston-based Baylor College of Medicine has joined Healthconnect, the regional health information exchange of southeast Texas.

Given the still-faltering presence of interoperability, industry leaders are wondering whether the HITECH Act's investment of more than $26 billion into health IT initiatives since 2009 was worth it.

With more and more patients and consumers using wearables and health and fitness trackers, such devices hold a strong potential for an expansive database of individuals' health information.

The health IT landscape looked very different in 1994: Most hospitals used paper charts and records, the ONC didn't exist, neither physicians nor patients had smartphones and HIPAA wouldn't be enacted for another two years.

Almost half of healthcare organizations use telemedicine, according to a new survey from HIMSS Analytics.

Proprietary software developed by Pittsburgh-based UPMC uses available data to help physicians choose the lowest-cost option that produces a patient outcome equal to or better than the best outcome recorded in past case files. Physicians can then see their own…

In June, Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior committee member, asked healthcare industry stakeholders for ideas on how to improve data sharing and use in healthcare.