Philips and Salesforce.com have partnered on a new cloud-based platform designed to foster collaboration and data-sharing between patients and providers.

Just a few electronic medical record vendors — Cerner, Epic and MEDITECH — grew their market share in 2013, according to a KLAS news release.

A computer was stolen from a procedure room at Riverside County Regional Medical Center in Moreno Valley, Calif., compromising the protected health information of 563 patients, according to a KESQ report.

With 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 each day, there is a growing proportion of elderly people in the U.S. Many members of the aging population want to stay in their homes as long as possible to prevent or delay long-term…

In April, a team of researchers led by Scott Erven, manager of information security at Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health, announced study results that showed the health system’s medical devices — ranging from drug infusion pumps to X-ray machines to electronic medical…

By assisting healthcare organizations in keeping a population healthy, predictive modeling can play a vital role in accountable care organizations. Chief Medical Officer at Optum Analytics Jeremy Orr, MD, MPH, provides insight on ways predictive modeling can be used in…

  Atrius Health expanded use of the ArborMetrix analytics EpisodeMetrix from six surgical specialties to 28.

Health information exchanges are the next frontier for data sharing, allowing networks to share patient information stored on electronic health records.

Since 2012, nearly 100 percent of clinicians have been using computers in the clinical setting, according to a report by Epocrates, an athenahealth company. The advent and popularization of other mobile devices has allowed for a surge in mHealth and…

York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health employees may have unintentionally downloaded protected patient health information onto their non-work computers, according to a York Dispatch report.