Mobile communications giant Blackberry and NantHealth, a cloud-based big data health company, have unveiled a clinical genome browser that gives physicians unprecedented access to patients’ genetic data on the BlackBerry Passport smartphone, reports VentureBeat. 

Despite taking in $600 million in federal investment, it remains uncertain whether the promised benefits of health information exchanges will be being realized, according to a RAND Corp. study. 

Alarm hazards rank first on the ECRI Institute’s top 10 list of medical technology concerns for 2015, reports Clinical Innovation + Technology.

Bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate would exempt regulation of EHRs and certain types of decision support software, reports Clinical Innovation + Technology.

Joe White, who managed six Texas hospitals owned by Tariq Mahmood, MD, has pleaded guilty to making false statements to obtain $800,000 in Meaningful Use incentive payments, reports The Dallas Morning News.

Healthcare organizations can employ a number of strategies to utilize big data to improve quality of care and outcomes for patients, especially those with chronic conditions, according to Hospitals & Health Networks.

The American Medical Association has issued a policy statement urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to drop Meaningful Use penalties, according to Medscape. 

Extracting medical records from a hospital proved arduous for Peter Drier, the subject of a New York Times article on the surprise fees of out-of-network assistant surgeons.