U.S. News & World Report has named the nation's "Most Connected Hospitals," recognizing high-performing hospitals for their use of health IT to improve patient care.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has focused on the problem of health IT interoperability this year, sending a report to Congress in April about vendors who engage in information blocking.

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has named its 2015 Innovator of the Year.  

After calls to launch a national cyberthreat information sharing system, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has taken the first steps with a $150,000 grant to a Texas provider.

Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a breach notification amendment into law that clarifies the definition of encrypted data, standardizes breach notification language and expands the definition of personal information.

A new guide from the National Institute of Standards and Technology aims to make EHRs more usable and safer. 

A group of New York residents whose health data were compromised during a data hack are suing the state's largest health insurance providers alleging negligence.

National Health IT Week has set a precedent for solidly putting the spotlight on EHRs, interoperability, telemedicine and more related to electronic information in healthcare but the developments occurring this week might just take the cake.