Approximately one in three patients prescribed blood pressure or lipid-lowering drugs to prevent coronary heart disease and stroke do not take their medication as prescribed, but a text message intervention can help remind patients to take their medication, according to…

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has launched an online health service designed specifically for teenagers.

The majority of physicians, approximately 80 percent, plan to adopt or have already adopted an EHR, according to an ONC data brief reporting results of the 2013 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Physician Workflow Survey.

Biotechnology company Sequenta has launched a new online portal for physicians geared toward minimal residual disease detection and trends for patients with lymphoid cancers.

HHS has welcomed its third cohort of "entrepreneurs-in-residence," private sector technology experts who will spend one year working with the agency on its health IT endeavors, according to a report from The Washington Post.

The following health IT vendor contracts and go-lives were reported within the past 10 days.

Michael Smith has served as CIO of Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Memorial Health System since 1997.

Jon White, MD, has been named acting deputy national coordinator of the ONC, reports Health Data Management.

With the growing adoption of mHealth, wearables and patient access to health information, health data privacy is also a growing concern.

Financial incentives for use as well as the need to share information with other providers are the biggest reasons why physicians have adopted EHRs, according to a new brief from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT compiled…