Healthcare Info Security article by Marianne Kolbasuk McGee – Healthcare professionals are reluctant to use social media technology as a collaboration platform because of concerns about the security of the environment. But 26 healthcare organizations, including Cedars-Sinai Health System in Los Angeles, are test-driving a new cloud-based secure social networking platform designed specifically for healthcare.

MedCity News article by Stephanie Baum -The massive consolidation of physician practices, hospitals and health systems coupled with the transformative changes stemming from Obamacare and the HITECH Act has left medical professionals with a lot of questions.

MedCity News article by Stephanie Baum – Smart Social Media (SSM 2.0) will provide a cloud-based social media platform for healthcare. The idea is that hospitals will use it as a social media package that they can customize to fit their needs.

Modern Healthcare – A year after leaving Seattle Children’s Hospital for Boston, Drexel DeFord has left his position as CIO of Steward Health Care System and joined venture capital firm Next Wave Health as a principal adviser.

Healthcare Informatics article by Mark Hagland – Drexel (Drex) DeFord, a very well-known leader among healthcare CIOs, has joined the company as principal advisor, where “he will help forward-thinking entrepreneurs turn promising ideas into successful businesses.”