Security technology company Redspin is now offering an additional HIPAA security assessment service for the healthcare industry segment, addressing requirements of the HIPAA security rule and the HITECH Act through a risk-based approach.

Rite Aid, along with its 40 affiliated entities, have agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued digital pathology company Aperio Technologies patent No. 7,738,688 entitled, System and Method for Viewing Virtual Slides.

Health IT company Shared Health has named Justin L. Neece, MBA, its chief operating officer.

Keen interest from the Australian government toward e-health initiatives will be one of the major drivers of double-digit growth for the country's health IT market from 2009 to 2014, according to an analysis from Frost & Sullivan.

The original silver bullet was endowed with mythical powers and provided the only means of slaying werewolves, witches and monsters. Today, healthcare is haunted by demons of a different ilk; spiraling costs and mediocre patient care are fodder for nightmares for physicians, policymakers and patients alike.

Winscribe has expanded its licensing agreement with Nuance Communications of Burlington, Mass., to provide a global dictation program integrated with speech recognition covering the U.S., U.K., Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

Hospitals that adopt advanced computer technology to identify healthcare-associated infections are more likely to have implemented best practices to prevent such infections, according to a study presented July 12 at the 37th annual conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.