At the Stanford Medicine X conference, a meeting focused on transforming healthcare through technology, Robert Pearl, MD, CEO of The Permanente Medical Group, delivered a keynote address on why great technologies seem to fail in the healthcare system.

If there was ever a business case for IT outsourcing and managed services, healthcare is a prime candidate. And healthcare has the opportunity to learn from other industries and take advantage of lessons learned over the last decade.

The following vendor contracts were announced within the past week.

The following go-lives were announced within the past two weeks.

A group of students at UC Berkeley have launched a student-run health technology incubator, according to The Daily Californian.

The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City has launched the HSS Innovation Center, an initiative geared toward identifying and supporting medical and scientific technological breakthroughs in musculoskeletal care.

Google plans to acquire San Francisco-based Lift Labs, a medical device startup, for an undisclosed price, according to a Silicon Valley Business Journal report.

Beachwood-Westlake (Ohio) Plastic Surgery and Medical Spa is notifying more than 6,000 patients their personal information may have been compromised after a computer was stolen from the office.

There has been an uptick in hospitals acquiring infection control surveillance software, largely due to the increased financial ramifications of high infection rates in accountable care initiatives and fears stemming from the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa, according to…

Through Louisville-based KentuckyOne Health's new telemedicine program, patients who visit the Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital emergency department with a psychiatric or mental health condition will be able to benefit from the expertise of professionals at Our Lady of Peace,…