HIMSS North America has awarded Centura Health with a 2015 HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement of organizations that have utilized health IT to substantially improve patient outcomes while achieving return on investment. 

Medical devices and wearables will be the target of ransomware hackers in 2016, according to research from Forrester Research. 

Two headlines this week highlight the challenges regarding the privacy and security of personal health data, especially as healthcare debates the interoperability of that very data and the systems they are stored within.

The rate of U.S. hospitals with at least a basic EHR has increased from 59 percent in 2013 to 75 percent this year, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

There are substantial gaps in the collection and usability of indicators of compromise (IOCs), according to findings from the Health Information Trust Alliance.

Meaningful Use (MU) needs streamlining and a reduced reporting burden for provider through better aligned quality measures, said the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). 

Two health information exchange organizations have issued a white paper with a framework to improve patient matching without the use of a national patient identifier system. 

The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently released the final draft of its report on de-identification of personal information.