Remember the brouhaha a few years back when techies demonstrated at a conference that they could hack into implantable medical devices such as pacemakers? Two of those security pioneers announced that they recruited two unnamed hospitals in the U.S. to beta test Wattsupdoc, an add-on kit that spots malware by monitoring AC power consumption.

More than 60 percent of physicians said the healthcare industry was doing a poor job with interoperability, according to an online survey. Meanwhile, 95 percent of physicians said they experienced a delay or difficulty in delivering medical care because patients’ health records were not accessible or shared.

More than three-quarters of nonfederal acute care hospitals had an EHR system in 2014, an eight-fold increase from six years earlier, according to an Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology report released on April 16.

Healthcare-related data breaches increased between 2010 and 2013, according to an analysis of an online database maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. During that time period, health plans and clinicians reported 949 breaches had affected 29.1 million records.

IBM announced a new cloud-based platform utilizing its Watson cognitive computing computer technology that will ensure secure information can be shared among physicians, researchers, insurers and healthcare-related companies. IBM will partner with Medtronic, Apple and Johnson & Johnson on the project.

CHICAGO—During the next 12 months, 87 percent of healthcare IT leaders said patient satisfaction would be a top priority, according to results of the 26th annual HIMSS leadership survey.

Many states have endorsed the use of telemedicine with legislation that clarifies terms and reimbursement policies. The Texas Medical Board recently took a contrary position by tightening rules on what constitutes a patient-physician relationship, according to the New York Times.

The HIMSS conference takes place April 12 to 16 in Chicago. Here are the top five cardiology-related sessions to attend.