Based on their relatively low market penetration compared with higher projected sales volumes, infection surveillance, outreach services and patient acuity apps for electronic medical records are all poised for significant market growth, according to a new report from HIMSS Analytics.

Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners' Virtuwell has expanded to the East Coast — Virginians and those traveling or working in the state can now receive care from the online medical clinic, according to a report in The Washington Post.

David Muntz, who served as the ONC's second-in-command under Farzad Mostashari, MD, from January 2012 to October 2013, has joined the American Health Information Management Association as its first adviser to the board of directors.

In an Annals of Family Medicine study, an increase in copay-free telephone and secure online messaging contact with diabetes patients was associated with an uptick in primary and preventive physician office visits.

Health IT vendor M*Modal, which filed for Chapter 11 in early March, expects to emerge from bankruptcy within three weeks.

Blackberry continues its foray into the health IT field with this week's launch of a new operating system for medical devices.

In a recent Health Affairs blog post, two principals at Booz Allen with experience working on large-scale government and healthcare data analytics projects share four best practices for big data success.

The global electronic data interchange market, tools helping the healthcare industry move claims and supply chain management from paper-based documentation to electronic mode of transactions, is expected to be worth $1.68 billion by 2018, according to a Research and Markets…

House lawmakers are urging CMS to exempt pathologists in Medicare diagnostic labs from reimbursement penalties for not using electronic health records.

Patients often receive reminders for various elements of their healthcare, such as reminders to take their medicines and confirming upcoming appointments. Interestingly, patients prefer different modes of communication for different reminder types, according to a survey administered by FICO, an…