During mergers and acquisitions, organizations are tasked with examining current vendor and software contracts and developing a strategy for the newly positioned entity.

David Watson has been named CEO of the California Integrated Data Exchange, a nonprofit organization formed by Blue Shield of California and Anthem Blue Cross in the process of developing a statewide, "next-generation" health information exchange.

Estes Park (Colo.) Medical Center has successfully connected its EHR to the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, becoming the first independent critical access hospital on the statewide health information exchange.

While more and more healthcare providers are adopting and implementing EHRs, achieving interoperability may be as attainable as spotting a unicorn, argues John R. Graham, a senior fellow of The National Center for Policy Analysis. As such, he argues Congress…

As more and more healthcare providers adopt cloud computing technology, they have to also be more alert and deliberate about keeping data safe.

A Google-backed startup has joined forces with North Chicago, Ill.-based AbbVie to develop drugs and treatments for diseases associated with aging, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.

Lightbeam Health Solutions, which aggregates data from across a provider organization to identify high-risk or high-cost patients, is now available to Greenway EHR customers.

So far, 143 hospitals have attested to meaningful use stage 2, according to the latest CMS data.

Wearable Intelligence, a startup designed to modify Google Glass for use in several industries, including healthcare, has raised $8.4 million in new venture capital funding, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

CMS' annual proposed modifications to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, released in July, included an expanded list of services for which Medicare will reimburse eligible physicians. Seven new billing codes will reimburse physicians for telemedicine well visits, behavioral and mental health visits and several…