Digital Health

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has launched an application for mobile devices that allows anesthesiologists and other clinicians to monitor patients, check vital signs, communicate with other providers and peer into operating rooms during surgeries all from the convenience of their…

North Shore-LIJ Health System, a 14-hospital system in New York, has launched an online tool to help patients determine the cost of medical services in advance and find out whether they are eligible for financial assistance, according to a system…

Although the order set, a standardized set of evidence-based treatment guidelines for a certain medical condition, has been around for decades, regulatory issues surrounding the performance of core measure and government funding for healthcare information technology through meaningful use guidelines…

In an effort to control ED backlogs, Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem, Va., is posting up-to-date wait times at its ED on several electronic billboards in the Roanoke Valley, according to the Roanoke Times.

The U.S. Justice Department announced it would not challenge a proposal to establish an information exchange program with data on the costs and efficiencies of some 300 hospitals in California, according to a Justice Department news release.

Lehigh Valley Hospital in Bethlehem, Pa., will create "neighborhood cancer centers" through a new affiliation with the National Cancer Institute, according to a report by the Express-Times.

A new study from Research and Markets highlights the driving factors in the U.S. anesthesia devices market, including new technologies and the need for upgrades and replacements at surgical facilities, according to a Research and Markets news release.

Riverside (Calif.) Community Hospital is using text messaging to reduce wait times at its ED, according to the hospital's Web site.

Manchester, N.H., and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New Hampshire have launched a program which offers financial incentives to city employees who choose to receive healthcare in lower-cost facilities for a range of high-volume, elective healthcare services, including…

The recent decision of Revolution Health to stop offering electronic personal health records is a sign that demand for this once promising consumer tool did not materialized, according to a report from iHealthBeat.