Reps. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) and Glenn Thompson (R-Penn.) are set to introduce a bill into the House of Representatives next week that has been hailed by health IT advocates as a major step forward in expanding the use of telemedicine…

Mobile communication is an integral and growing part of every aspect of modern life, including healthcare. Fast and secure communication between care team members can measurably improve clinical efficiency as well as patient outcomes — this is a given.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system appointed John D. Birkmeyer, MD, to the newly-created position of executive vice president for enterprise support services.

In the second quarter of 2014, health IT companies raised $1.8 billion in venture capital over 161 deals, more than double the amount raised in the first quarter of this year and the first time the sector has raised more…

A proposed rule published in May by CMS and the ONC would give providers more flexibility in attesting to meaningful use during the 2014 reporting period.

The Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., was founded in 2007 and has performed over 17,000 procedures. The center is nationally recognized as a top five hospital in the nation for total…

Cloud-based health IT vendor Azalea Health has announced a merger with electronic health record vendor simplifyMD.

Now that Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health Care has completed its implementation of an Epic electronic health record, the system expects sunnier financial results for 2015.

Starting this month, MedEx Ambulance Service's Chicagoland paramedics will begin using Google Glass to send live video to physicians in area emergency departments to help the physicians better prepare for incoming cases.

Healthcare Access San Antonio has become the first health information exchange in the state and the fourth in the country to receive full accreditation from the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission.