In this week’s news, yet another data breach continues the trend but, on the plus side, small steps toward greater interoperability and acceptance of quality measures were taken.

How much more is being spent on medical devices as a share of national health expenditures compared with 30 years ago? Medical device spending is about the same, according to research conducted by Guy King, a former chief actuary of the Health Care Financing Administration, now called the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

A Rhode Island medical organization with 19 locations across the state has been awarded the 2012 Ambulatory HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence presented by the Health Information Management & Systems Society.

Tenet Healthcare, which operates 49 hospitals, has promoted Paul T. Browne to chief information officer.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has posted on its website several successful case studies showing how health IT allows patients, familiar and physician to access health information to improve patient care.

Naomi A. Fried, PhD, chief innovation officer at Boston Children’s Hospital, leads the organization’s Innovation Acceleration Program.

The ECRI Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to improving patient safety through evidence-based best practices, honored Johns Hopkins Hospital with its Seventh Annual Health Devices Achievement Award.

HL7 professionals have strong experience but low tenure and about one-third of healthcare organizations have no staff retention policy, according to the results of The 2012 HL7 Interface Technology Survey.