The C3HIE and PointClickCare partnership will improve patient care interoperability in 40 Texas hospitals, following a triple increase in hospital data. Meanwhile, Oklahoma has made the submission of data to a new state health information exchange voluntary, not mandatory. In Connecticut, a state audit revealed that Access Health CT suffered 51 data breaches, with three going unreported.

Man who stole 2 gold bars from Colorado woman in malware scam sentenced to 6 years in prison
Sagar Patel, 27, has been sentenced to six years in prison by a Colorado judge for stealing two gold bars from a 79-year-old woman. She