The requirements posed by Stage 2 Meaningful Use mean a lot of changes within the offices of eligible providers. But one fact is known – online patient portals are inevitable.

Total transaction volume in the health IT and pharmaceutical IT segments dropped 8 percent from the second quarter to the third quarter of this year, according to a recent report from BerkeryNoyes.

Cloud-based EHR platform Practice Fusion has launched a new EHR for its users that is designed to work primarily on mobile platforms.

Health startup Vitals, formerly a website recommending inexpensive and highly-rated medical care, has acquired smaller health startup Compass to offer direct cash incentives to consumers for choosing to have procedures at health facilities preferred by their employers and health plans,…

Livonia, Mich.-based CHE Trinity Health has partnered with Sharecare, a health and wellness engagement platform, to launch such a platform for consumers and patients in the health system.

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

“We are living in a world where average is not an option. In an era of hyper-competition…the only way to stand out from the crowd is to do something different.” The importance of differentiating yourself and your organization from competitors…

EHR users with mobile interfaces report fewer challenges and higher satisfaction with their EHRs, according to a new survey from EHR systems reviewer Software Advice and Research Now.

What are the top challenges EHR users experience? Interoperability continues to top the charts, according to a survey from mobile EHR systems reviewer Software Advice and Research Now. Here are the top challenges EHR users report with their systems, according…

National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD, has stepped down from her position at the ONC to join HHS' Ebola response team, effective immediately, according to the American Journal of Managed Care.