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ZyXEL Communications, a broadband access provider, has announced a strategic partnership with MyGlucoHealth, an integrated telehealth solution, for improving the management of diabetes.

A panel of healthcare experts representing privacy, trends, technology, regulatory, data breach and governance have identified the top seven trends in healthcare information privacy for 2011.The experts suggest that as health information exchanges take form, millions of patient records - soon to be available as digital files - will lead to potential unauthorized access, violation of new data breach laws and exposure to the threat of medical and financial identity theft.

Kroll's Fraud Solutions division has released its data security forecast for 2011, highlighting the top 10 areas where organizations, particularly those in the healthcare industry, will see the most changes in new data security regulations, breach vulnerabilities and protective measures.

InterSystems Corporation has partnered with Spectrum Health, the not-for-profit Michigan health system, to launch a new smartphone app that provides access to personal health information via the provider's MySpectrum Web-based patient portal.The InterSystems Ensemble rapid integration and development platform enables the data aggregation and gathering of patient information across the Spectrum Health system for delivery to the portal.