Over the past few years, hospitals and health systems have been acquiring IT products at unprecedented rates. Below are 25 things to know about trends in IT investments.

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National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD, jumped to the defense of electronic health records after a Boston Globe article highlighted their role in patient safety events.

About half of healthcare providers currently offer direct-to-consumer online medical services, according to a recent poll from the American Telemedicine Association.

Mercy Technology Services, the IT division of the Chesterfield, Mo.-based health system, will provide Epic implementation services for Gastonia, N.C.-based CaroMont Health.

Enterprise imaging, interoperability and clinical systems vendor Merge Healthcare has reported a net loss of $4 million for the second quarter of 2014, a significant improvement over the $28 million net loss reported during the second quarter of 2013.

CareCloud is a vendor of cloud-based practice management, medical billing and electronic health record software and services, largely aimed at physician practices.

Once a simple form of communication, text message-based interventions are proving to be an effective way to monitor and improve patient care.

E-prescribing rates have hit an all-time high in the United States, with nearly 70 percent of physicians electronically prescribing medicine, according to an ONC report.