The following vendor contracts were announced within the past week.

Starting Jan. 1, California's Medicaid program will pay for dental services performed by a hygienist or other professional who is supervised by a dentist via telemedicine.

An April report from JASON, an independent group of science and technology experts that often advises the federal government, calls on HHS to use meaningful use stage 3 to promote a standardized, national health IT architecture that would be a significant step…

Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.), one of the sponsors of a bill that would reduce the 2015 meaningful use reporting period, told Politico a growing number of lawmakers support the legislation.

The following health IT go-lives were announced within the past week.

Denver-based 3t Systems has expanded its cloud service offerings to include enterprise mobility management capabilities.

Even in the current boom of mHealth apps and fitness tracking devices, 74.9 percent of adults do not use such apps or devices, according to a TechnologyAdvice survey.

CareClix Telemedicine is extending its EMR and telemedicine services to several public schools in Howard County, Md.

Part 2 of a series exploring providers' decisions to change EHR vendors.

Update, Monday, 10:00 a.m. Texas Health Resources has backed off its original statement. Read the full story here. When Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan first presented in the emergency department of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, he told a nurse…