Ambulatory medical facilities preparing to implement an electronic health record can take advantage of HIMSS' EHR Readiness Assessment Toolkit.

West Henrietta, N.Y.-based eHealth Technologies has appointed Ray Scott to the board of directors and elected him as chairman of the board.

A group of electronic health vendors plan to implement an interoperable patient data exchange as early as this summer, according to a Forbes report.

Cleveland Clinic Innovations, the commercialization branch of Cleveland Clinic, and Minneapolis-based Healthcare Engagement Solutions have signed a service agreement in which CCI will assist Healthcare Engagement Solutions in developing Uniphy, a mobile technology platform.

The University of Cincinnati Medical Center is being sued by a patient whose diagnosis was posted on Facebook by a hospital employee, according to a Cincinnati Enquirer report.

Access Health CT, Connecticut's state health insurance marketplace, has announced a potential data breach after a backpack containing patient information for approximately 400 people was found outside a deli, according to a Hartford Courant report.

Data breaches are occurring more frequently, and hospitals are facing multi-million dollar penalties to settle patient data protection violations. In Early May, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University, both in New York City, paid $4.8 million to settle HIPAA violation charges,…

At the 2014 Health Datapalooza conference, the Smart Health Hero app was crowned the winner of the Code-a-palooza challenge. Coming in second place was MyHealth.io, developed by karmadata.

Sarasota (Fla.) Orthopedic Association has implemented IDS' data gathering and analytics tool to help gather patient feedback and monitor advances toward improving patient care, according to a news release.

Robert Wah, MD, will soon be sworn in as president of the American Medical Association. Dr. Wah, board certified in reproductive endocrinology, obstetrics and gynecology, also is a nationally recognized expert in health information technology, currently serving as CMO of…