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…

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System has announced plans to build a research and telemedicine center focused entirely around genomics, according to a report by The Pittston Sunday Dispatch.

The protected health information of 1,801 patients at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center may have been compromised after an employee was working with the data on his home computer.

Like many aspects of healthcare, clinical documentation is a complex yet necessary process. It is tied to more than just health information management functions; it is also essential to a hospital's clinical and financial performance.

The mHealth app industry continues to grow at a quickening pace. The following mHealth apps, both customer-oriented and physician-oriented, have been released in the past month.