When collecting information about patient symptoms and creating patient reports, computers proved more effective than physicians, producing more complete, organized and useful reports, according to a study in The American Journal of Gastroenterology.

Healtheway, a nonprofit, public-private collaboration of health IT industry leaders focused on implementing an interoperable nationwide health information exchange, has announced its board of directors for 2015.

Telemedicine is becoming commonplace in the hospital. It's a great way for physicians to engage with hard-to-reach patients and for patients to get timely second opinions. It can save lives. Still, telemedicine and virtual access to physicians aren't always leveraged…

Jeffrey M. Ferranti, MD, MS is vice president for medical informatics and CIO at Duke Medicine and associate director of the Duke Center for Health Informatics at Duke University Health System in Durham, N.C.

Chris Belmont is vice president and CIO at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, a role in which he has served since September 2013.

Health Level Seven International has launched the Argonaut Project as another response to the JASON Task Force's recommendations for improving interoperability.

Healthcare, long an unattractive target for IT companies, has become a hotspot for tech activity because of the rapidly changing market and regulatory forces that have allowed Software-as-a-Service to become a viable tool in the industry, according to an article…

Professional networking site for physicians Doximity has announced more than 50 percent of the U.S. physician population has joined its platform.

In collaboration with CHIME, Becker's Hospital Review's "Life of a Healthcare CIO" series features leading hospital and health system CIOs from across the country who are sharing their experiences, best practices and challenges.

A health billing company and its CEO have settled charges from the Federal Trade Commission alleging they did not inform consumers that they would access highly detailed medical information about them from pharmacies, medical labs and insurance companies.