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Cleveland Clinic announced Monday that its patients can now access their personal health data on their iPhones with the Health Records feature.

The American Medical Association has its eyes on mobile this season as it announced the three winners of its Interoperability and Innovation Challenge.

Healthy Interactions, a population health company that offers both digital and in-person programs for chronic disease management and education, announced last week that it has added two new programs, for cardiovascular disease and depression, to its portfolio.

The NHS is looking to ramp up its patient data security, after signing a contract with software company Privitar for its de-identification technology.

Winston Armstrong, CISO at the San Diego Super Computer Center, and Sandeep Chandra, director of health cyberinfrastructure at the same center, both tout the benefits of a hybrid cloud with medical devices in terms of security as well as analytics.

A security vulnerability affecting more than 3,000 mobile apps is exposing more than 4 million protected health records that include prescription details and sensitive chat messages, according to a report from mobile app security firm Appthority.

Toby Gouker, CISO at First Health Advisory Solutions, says the bad guys have decided to pick on the healthcare community, which means there is little time for the industry to shore up its defenses.

Hims has recently gained a lot of traction for its business of discretely sending men’s health products and medications through the mail, and as of last week the San Francisco-based startup landed another $50 million in funding.

Online social networks are becoming an increasingly prevalent strategy for public health and other stakeholders to cut down unhealthy behaviors.

Healthcare is improving with each passing year, allowing more aging patients to enjoy longer and healthier lives.