BOSTON—Mobile health shouldn’t be used just as a “cool tool” but to transform care, said William Morris, MD, vice chairman of clinical informatics at Cleveland Clinic, speaking during a session at the mHealth + Telehealth World Congress 2013.

Oregon Health & Science University is notifying 3,044 patients that their health information was stored on a password-protected cloud computing system but could have been breached.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-- Qsource and the Tennessee Office of eHealth Initiatives today unveiled next steps in a joint statewide initiative to enhance patient care by helping healthcare providers obtain and share important patient information in faster, more secure ways. As part of the Tennessee Health eShare Direct Project, the partners are introducing Direct Technology for securely exchanging patient data across medical offices, hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies and other care settings.

Two companies announced that they are joining forces with the six-member CommonWell Health Alliance, a vendor-driven effort to define, promote and certify a national infrastructure facilitating interoperability.

INDIANAPOLIS (July 29, 2013) – Zotec Partners, LLC (“Zotec”), an industry leader in physician’s revenue cycle services, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of the stock of Medical Management Professionals, Inc. (“MMP”), a medical billing and practice management company, and a subsidiary of the publicly traded CBIZ, Inc. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, with an anticipated close on or before September 1, 2013.

BOSTON—The strategy to utilize data to improve health and lower costs is shared by members of the provider, vendor and payer communities, according to speakers at the mHealth + Telehealth World Congress 2013 on July 26.

BOSTON—While many existing websites and tools have been turned into mobile apps, they are just changing the delivery mechanism of existing tools and content, said Naomi Fried, PhD, chief innovation officer at Boston Children’s Hospital, speaking during the mHealth + Telehealth World Congress 2013.

BOSTON—Many healthcare organizations keen to jump on the mobile health bandwagon need to be sure they’re ready to truly incorporate the technology into their workflow, said Daniel Ruppar, connected health global program manager and North America healthcare director for Frost & Sullivan, speaking during an analyst outlook panel at the mHealth + Telehealth World Congress 2013.