Overall, health IT consultants appear to be slightly more satisfied with their job than full-time health IT employees, according to a survey from Healthcare IT Leaders, a health IT consulting and staffing firm.

The global healthcare analytics market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of more than 25 percent over the next five years, according to a report from Research and Markets.

While HIPAA was enacted to protect the protected health information of patients, it appears hospitals are incorrectly citing HIPAA as a protection of their own interests, argues Charles Ornstein, a ProPublica healthcare journalist, in a report co-published on NPR.

The following mHealth app launches were reported within the past two weeks.

In 2013, 4.4 million of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanante's 9.1 million members used the health system's online management platform called My Health Manager, according to its 2013 Annual Report.

The number one reason health IT employees would consider switching jobs is for better compensation, according to a survey administered by Healthcare IT Leaders, a health IT consulting and staffing firm.

Following the implementation of electronic health records in a clinic, otolaryngology residents had to reallocate time directly caring for patients to update the EHRs, according to a study in Laryngoscope.

Last week, in a rather quiet announcement, Walgreens launched an extension of its "Balance Rewards" program that might just strike fear in any healthcare executive worried about the growing competitiveness of retail health. Walgreen's new Balance Rewards for healthy choices™…

The following CIO and CMIO executive moves were reported by Becker's Hospital Review in the past two months, beginning with the most recent.

Georgia Health Information Network, a statewide health information exchange, is now live on the national eHealth Exchange.