The following health IT stories in Becker's Hospital Review were the most-read in August.

Hospitals are offering IT employees a variety of employment perks, but a competitive salary and benefits package is the top tool for hiring the best IT staffers, according to a recent HIMSS survey.

CMS has announced the dates of three weeks of end-to-end ICD-10 testing.

The Georgia Composite Medical Board has recently passed a rule that would require a clinician to have examined a patient in-person before providing telemedicine services.

Electronic activity trackers such as FitBit or Jawbone have many of the functionalities necessary to promote healthy lifestyle changes, according to a study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Walgreens has completed its implementation of a Greenway cloud-based EHR system, rolling out the solution to Walgreens' 8,200 pharmacies nationwide.

Although patient portals are gaining in popularity as a means to engage patients in their care, as well as being a requirement for MU2, patients still have a handful of frustrations with their usability.

As innovation in the health IT sphere continues to generate new ideas and technologies, mHealth also continues to gain popularity.

A majority of healthcare providers plan to hire at least one full-time IT staffer in the coming year, according to a survey from HIMSS Analytics.

This week, the Department of Defense released the request for proposals for its Healthcare Management System Modernization contract, an estimated $11 billion project to replace the DoD's EHR system with a commercial solution.