Health IT is helping accountable care organizations achieve clinical and population health goals. According to a recent survey from Premier, 66 percent of ACOs said technology improved care quality, 63 percent said it improved preventive screening and vaccination rates, 59…

  A bill signed into law last week by California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) changes the state's telemedicine consent requirements, lowering the burden on patients and providers.

Incorporating evidence-based guidelines into electronic ordering systems can help reduce unnecessary procedures without sacrificing care quality, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The University of Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care in Ann Arbor has partnered with IBM and mobile health startup Airstrip to create a mobile decision support tool for clinicians, according to a report in Politico.

Telemedicine provider Teladoc has announced $50 million in new equity funding designed to accelerate the company's growth.

A McKesson subsidiary providing billing services suffered a breach that exposed more than 10,000 patients' information on Internet search engines.

The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha is using telemedicine to treat Ebola patient Richard Sacra, MD.

The Cook County Health & Hospitals System has posted a notice regarding a potential data breach.

To be a strategic CIO, leaders have to look both inside and outside the IT department, suggests Peter High, the president of business and IT advisory firm Metis Strategy.

  Lean and Six Sigma aren't the answer to improving your hospital. Being like Toyota is, but that doesn't mean the answer is gemba walks and value stream maps. Don't let the consultants fool you. The Lean approach to process…