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Also: Funding announcements for Think Research, Kinetic and Aura.

Douglas Gentile, Chief Medical Information Officer at the University of Vermont Health Network, discusses how lessons learned from past failures helped his organization figure out four critical components needed for successful data governance.

When taking on data governance projects, David Kho, Chief Medical Information and Chief Digital Officer of ChenMed, says it's critical to consider data quality, consistency, standards and lineage.

Infosec experts share advice about what innovators should track, security-wise, when building new apps and devices.

Speakers from Fitbit, Johnson & Johnson discussed motivation and behavior change at the Connected Health Conference in Boston.

The startup, headed by entrepreneurs Todd and Ed Park, also announced that it has begun enrolling Medicare beneficiaries living in certain Florida counties.

As texting between patients and providers becomes more common, it’s imperative that providers consider the right platform to use and other security features to protect patient data.

But like with most things in healthcare, organizations need to keep following up after choosing the right vendor and signing an airtight contract to best protect data.

Some say the measure would force patients to pay for phone calls that are currently free.

Centralized care, with a hospital as the “hub,” is the standard in the U.