Google has launched an updated U.S. Flu Trends model for the 2014-2015 flu season after "significantly overpredict[ing]" U.S. flu levels last season.

Diagnostics company LabCorp has agreed to buy medical and pharmaceutical research company Covance — one of the biggest such companies in the industry — for $6.1 billion in cash and stock, according to a report from the New York Times.

These days, one in five people are using mobile technology to improve their wellbeing, according to a survey from Gallup. Among the public, 19 percent of people have downloaded and routinely use a health app. Twenty-three percent of full-time workers…

Amidst allegations that software giant Epic is a barrier to a national system of shared health records, Judy Faulkner, founder and CEO of the company, has spoken up to fight back, according to an interview she granted to Politico.

It is common knowledge that the segment of the U.S. population aged 65 years and older is the fastest growing age cohort in our country. In fact, this group is expected to double in size within the next 25 years.…

Hospitals face a threat as lethal as any super bug, which may invade its hallways and operating rooms, and strike patients with ruthless efficiency.

The following are four articles to read on healthcare communications company TeleTracking, posted recently on Becker's Hospital Review.

Three computers were stolen from Rocking Horse Health Center in Springfield, Ohio, according to a Springfield News-Sun report.

All six hospitals of Cooperstown, N.Y.-based Bassett Healthcare have joined Hixny's Regional Health Information Organization and are live on Hixny's Health Information Exchange.

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.