Springfield, Mass.-based New England Dermatology & Laser Center has paid $300,640 in a settlement over claims that it improperly disposed of specimen containers labeled with patient health information, the HHS Office of Civil Rights said in an Aug. 23 news…

Carestream Health, an X-ray and medical imaging company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Aug. 23, according to documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. 

UNC Health Advanced Care at Home recently won the top innovation award from the North Carolina Healthcare Association.

Houston-based Rice University has been awarded a $4.16 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to train professionals in healthcare informatics and precision medicine.

A hacking incident involving Onyx Technologies, a company that specializes in healthcare data exchange, affected 96,814 patients, the firm notified the HHS Office of Civil Rights on Aug. 12.

Health CIOs need to be on the cutting edge of innovation and be able to project what technology is going to change the healthcare market.

Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin and Raj Ganguly's venture capital firm B Capital Group led a series A funding round for Indian health-tech startup Mojocare, Bloomberg reported Aug. 22. 

Healthcare fintech company Nitra has raised $62 million in equity and debt capital.

From his days working as a pharmacist with a Chicago-area chain more than three decades ago, Craig Kwiatkowski, PharmD, has witnessed the evolution of health IT. And he's excited for the future of the field.

Healthcare investment group Water Street Healthcare Partners has named Deepak Batheja CIO.