One expert said even small breaches can have effects that reverberate across the health care industry.

The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will explore how blockchain technology can improve health IT applications through a…

It’s part of a larger effort to use data on patients' genetics, environment and lifestyle to find ways to better treat diseases, like cancer.

​Vice President Joe Biden pleaded Monday for the support of the open health data community to lend its expertise to the fight against cancer.

Created with help from HHS and FDA, the tool helps app developers determine whether HIPAA or federal laws might apply to their product.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has launched a pair of cash prize contests for health IT developers building apps using the increasingly popular…

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is fighting to improve its Blue Button service, designed to allow Medicare beneficiaries access to their electronic medical records with…

The Health Data Consortium has passed along the hosting duties of next year's Health Datapalooza to nonprofit AcademyHealth​.

An online SAT/ACT prep platform, an interactive touch projector and a federal air quality control app made the cut for this fall's back-to-school tech.

New HHS CTO Susannah Fox wants to match the ideas of health care "alpha geeks" with the maker movement to hack health care innovation.