The American Hospital Association has written a letter to CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner and National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD, asking the departments to quickly adopt a proposed rule that would allow providers that have encountered vendor delays additional flexibility in…

Medical device and pharmaceutical companies must include risk information along with benefit claims in all online postings about their products, even when Twitter limits them to 140 characters, according to new draft guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

More than 80 percent of the 150 provider participants in the 2014 HIMSS Analytics Cloud Survey reported the use of at least one cloud-based service at their organization.

Williamsville, N.Y.-based Independent Health is planning on offering telemedicine services to its members beginning in 2015, according to a Buffalo Business First report.

Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego is notifying the parents of more than 20,000 patients of a potential data breach after an employee mistakenly emailed a spreadsheet containing protected patient information to job applicants, according to a San Diego 6…

New products are continually pouring into the health IT market, and the influx will not let up anytime soon — accelerator Rock Health just announced another record-setting quarter for capital investment in health IT companies.

HHS has released its latest data breach report to Congress, summarizing breaches of unsecured protected health information for 2011 and 2012.

Much like an omnivore in the animal kingdom consuming a variety of foods, a digital omnivore in the healthcare industry is a clinician regularly using a variety of digital tools in a professional setting, specifically the trifecta of a tablet,…

Arlington Heights, Ill.-based Alexian Brothers Health System has paused progress on its Medicaid program development, citing difficulties with connecting electronic health records across the system, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.

A new app helps patients find physicians based on Medicare provider and payment data.