Medical researchers are becoming more open to letting participants in clinical trials see their test results, but drug companies doubt most volunteers will find the information useful.

As reported by STAT News, companies are…

What if hackers of health systems’ computer networks weren’t looking to make money off ransomware attacks or identity theft, but they were instead aiming to harm patients? 

They might be to pull it off, according to one cybersecurity…

Developers now have a tool to help write software for the quality measures practices will need to use as part of the implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA).

CMS launched the…

The transition to value-based care may require making it simpler for information on social determinants of health to be pulled from electronic health records.

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The interim meeting of the American Medical Association in Orlando will consider several recommendations aimed at strengthening data security of mobile health applications and devices.

The policy suggestions come from a report…

Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington, has ended an electronic health record (EHR) integration project that was “bleeding money,” according to The Star.

It was expected to cost $1.3 million to convert the…

Chief information officers (CIOs) in healthcare said they’re more likely than IT professionals in other industries to increase their budgets in 2017, according to a new …

Having more friends on social media can have benefits for patients—namely, being less likely to die in the next two years.

The Los Angeles Times reported on a new study that compared Facebook activity and mortality…

Wearable devices that can track heart rates aren’t too far off in their results, but their accuracy goes down when people would need them the most.

"We have patients come in who have different kinds of monitors like these. Many…

Patients relying on symptom checker apps and websites aren’t getting as accurate of a diagnosis as they would by visiting a real physician, according …

Rural areas hit hard by the rise in opioid addiction often lack the needed treatment expertise, but health professionals may have a solution: video chat.

As reported by Kaiser Health News, $1.4 million in federal grants are…

Dealing with hospital bills is a struggle for everyone involved, striking at least annoyance and possibly terror in the hearts of patients, administrators, physicians and payors alike. They can be confusing, and errors can unnecessarily boost…

The state of Oregon paid $240 million for software giant Oracle to create the state’s Cover Oregon insurance exchange site, but the company will be to settle several lawsuits related to the site’s failure for just $100 million.

Incentive care units (ICUs) may be critical departments in any hospital, but as STAT’s Usha Lee McFarling writes, they haven’t changed much in the past few decades.

Unless you count adding more alarms.

“We have alarm…

Ransomware has developed into a growing threat for the medical industry, except that healthcare providers can’t treat these problems so easily. In an effort to fight data-stealing hackers, MedCrypt has recently raised $750,000 to develop new…

In the newly released Security Engineering Research Team (SERT) Quarterly Threat Report for Q2 2016, Solutionary, a…

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have released its newest guidelines for healthcare facilities when faced with a ransomware attack in response to…

With cybersecurity becoming a fixture in the news, finding solutions needs to be a priority for the experts in the healthcare industry.

Hackers have been able to gain access to hundreds of thousands of patient records as hospitals struggle…

Medicare and private sector claims data will be permitted to be sold or shared to organizations which will use the information to improve care, as long as those recipients followed privacy and security requirements laid out in …

The chairman of healthcare review site Vitals, Mitch Rothschild says medical consumers can’t save money if they don’t know what their options are for doctors, tests, drugs and insurance claims.

The company, and competitors like Castlight…

AT&T’s chief strategy officer announced the company’s plans to improve healthcare technology by opening its sixth innovation center in Houston’s medical district,…