UNC Health Care is the first in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area to use the North Carolina Health Information Exchange's Direct messaging solution.

A study at four Pittsburgh-area UPMC hospitals reveals a text message-based intervention can help promote healthy alcohol consumption practices in young adults.

Electronic health record giant Epic has added about 600 employees since February, bringing its total workforce to about 7,400, according to a report in the Wisconsin State Journal.

Disruptive business models may be the key to combating the rising cost of healthcare, writes Steve Lamb, vice president and lead partner at Memphis, Tenn.-based Implant Partners.

Louisville, Ky.-based Passport Health Plan has appointed Troy May CIO, according to a Louisville Business First report.

The Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing has suspended a physician's license to prescribe controlled substances, claiming his telemedicine practices posed an immediate and significant danger to the public, according to an emergency court order.

TeleTracking Technologies will host its 2014 Client Conference October 26-28, 2014 at the Marriott Marco Island (Fla.) Beach Resort & Spa.

While the cost of adopting and implementing an electronic health record remains the most pressing health IT concern for physicians, a recent survey suggests costs are less of a concern than in previous years.

Patients at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington can now take advantage of the hospital's new telemedicine program, enabling patients to undergo a consultation with specialists at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., according to a Brattleboro Reformer report.

Last week, the American Hospital Association released its 2014 Most Wired Hospitals list, identifying those providers effectively harnessing and deploying health IT to improve care delivery.