Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have developed a programming language to work in conjunction with 'laboratory-on-a-chip' technology, automating the testing processes and containing the potential to improve healthcare delivery while reducing costs.

According to the most recent report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the healthcare sector added some 33,000 jobs in May, with most of those in ambulatory healthcare services. Hospital IT executives, including CIOs, CMIOs and related positions, were…

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.

A new Commonwealth Fund report reiterates what has been reported many times: despite spending more per capita on healthcare than almost any other country, health outcomes, care access and overall population health are consistently worse in the U.S. than in…

Earlier this month, Florida Gov. Rick Scott used his line-item veto authority to remove $1.775 million from the state budget that would have funded telemedicine initiatives at three of the state's health system.

The state of Oregon has signed a $2 million contract with a law firm and has begun collecting documents and evidence related to the shortcomings of its state-run health insurance exchange, suggesting the state is gearing up for a lawsuit…

Cumberland Consulting Group, based in Nashville, Tenn., has announced the acquisition of Seattle-based Cipe Consulting Group, expanding Cumberland's range of services and helping the company establish a stronger presence in the western U.S.

Medical technology company Medtronic has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire rival Covidien for $42.9 billion.

"Successful projects — and this is true across the board — are clinically driven, not IT-driven," Cerner Vice President Ben Hilmes told the Athens Banner-Herald.

Unsurprisingly, northern California is home to the majority of new digital health startup companies funded in 2013, according to a Forbes report.