The Government Accountability Office has released a new report calling for federal agencies to improve their responses to data breaches.

The following is a roundup of recent health IT vendor contracts and go-lives reported within the last week, beginning with the most recent:

At Becker’s 12th Annual Spine, Orthopedic, and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference,  Jeff Peters of Surgical Directions will lead a session called “Creating a Best in Class Perioperative Service Line Under Accountable Care and Value Based Purchasing.”

The Michigan Department of Community Health has issued a notice of a data breach that occurred when a laptop and flash drive containing 2,595 patients' personal and health information were stolen from an employee of the Michigan Long Term Care…

A recent HHS Office of the Inspector General audit of the Idaho Medicaid program has identified weaknesses in the program's data security.

Los Angeles County has notified an additional 170,200 additional victims of a data breach that occurred at a county contractor's office.

The ONC, the Federal Communications Commission and the Food and Drug Administration have released a proposed strategy and framework for the regulation of health IT products.

In response to the growing demand for qualified health IT professionals, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County will offer a master's degree in health IT beginning fall 2014.

While patients are interested in technology that would allow at-home management of chronic conditions, they will still look to physicians for guidance and condition management strategies, according to a study in Telemedicine and e-Health.

A new device that attaches to a standard stethoscope is able to send a patients' heartbeat information directly to a providers' smartphone or other mobile device for review and analysis.