Teaneck, N.J.-based Cognizant, an IT, consulting and business process outsourcing service, announced plans to acquire Englewood, Colo.-based health IT software firm TriZetto for $2.7 billion cash.

The majority of health IT professionals — 80 percent — report being satisfied with their jobs, according to the 2014 HealthITJobs.com survey.

Health IT professionals who have experience with Epic's EMR software tend to report higher salaries than those with experience with other vendors, according to the 2014 HealthITJobs.com survey.

While the average annual salary for health IT workers is $89,879, job functions play significant roles in how much IT professionals make, according to the 2014 HealthITJobs.com survey.

The power of revenue cycle and population health analytics multiplies when you manage them together

When hospital giant Community Health Systems recently experienced a data breach involving 4.5 million patient records, the Franklin, Tenn.-based company identified the culprit as a sophisticated Chinese cyber-espionage team. Yet, as of Aug. 27, 2014, only about 7 percent of…

Part 1 of a series exploring providers' decisions to change EHR vendors.

On average, nearly half — 48.1 percent — of office-based physicians utilized an EHR system that met the criteria for a basic system, according to a National Center for Health Statistics data brief released earlier this year.

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

The following vendor contracts were announced in the past week.