Horsham, PA, September 23, 2014 -- Office Practicum, a leading provider of electronic health records software (EHR) for the specialty of pediatric medicine, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the assets of Workflow.com, including their web-based multi-specialty EHR and Practice Management software.

MANASSAS, Va.--Cigna (NYSE: CI) and ChoiceHealth doctors in Virginia are launching a collaborative care initiative to improve patient access to health care, enhance care coordination, and achieve the goal of improved health, affordability and patient experience. ChoiceHealth, a subsidiary corporation of Novant Health will bring independent primary care providers that are part of the ChoiceHealth network and Novant Health Medical Group providers together for this program.

A new roadmap developed by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, in collaboration with the American Institutes for Research, aims to improve healthcare delivery through greater partnerships with patients and families.

The security of medical devices has dramtically changed over the past 18 months ago and is “most keenly seen through incident response,” said Suzanne B. Schwartz, MD, MBA, of the FDA’s Office of the Center Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health. She spoke in Washington, D.C. at Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security, a program hosted by the Dept. of Health & Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Los Angeles, September 22, 2014 -- Zynx Health™, the market leader in providing evidence- and experience-based clinical improvement solutions, today announced the general availability of ZynxCarebook™, a mobile platform designed to profoundly improve care team collaboration across the healthcare continuum.

Only 15 percent of all stakeholders report that they find any value in the use of unique Health Plan Identifier within electronic transactions adopted under HIPAA, according to a survey from the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange.

Scottsdale, AZ, September 22, 2014-- NCPDP, the not-for-profit pharmacy standards development organization, announced today the line-up for its 2014 Educational Summit, “Improving the Infrastructure for Continuity of Care,” which will be held November 11, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis. Steven Posnack, MS, MHS, director, Office of Standards and Technology, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, will keynote the one-day program, which takes place right before NCPDP’s Work Group Meetings, November 12-14, 2014.

The federal regulatory environment is not keeping up with changes in the mobile health industry, and the Department of Health and Human Services should update its HIPAA guidance to better regulate this burgeoning market, according to two House representatives.