At the 2014 Health Datapalooza conference, the Smart Health Hero app was crowned the winner of the Code-a-palooza challenge. Coming in second place was MyHealth.io, developed by karmadata.

Sarasota (Fla.) Orthopedic Association has implemented IDS' data gathering and analytics tool to help gather patient feedback and monitor advances toward improving patient care, according to a news release.

Robert Wah, MD, will soon be sworn in as president of the American Medical Association. Dr. Wah, board certified in reproductive endocrinology, obstetrics and gynecology, also is a nationally recognized expert in health information technology, currently serving as CMO of…

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System has announced plans to build a research and telemedicine center focused entirely around genomics, according to a report by The Pittston Sunday Dispatch.

The protected health information of 1,801 patients at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center may have been compromised after an employee was working with the data on his home computer.

Like many aspects of healthcare, clinical documentation is a complex yet necessary process. It is tied to more than just health information management functions; it is also essential to a hospital's clinical and financial performance.

The mHealth app industry continues to grow at a quickening pace. The following mHealth apps, both customer-oriented and physician-oriented, have been released in the past month.

A Veterans Health Administration study found that while telemedicine services are useful in detecting potential eye problems in primary clinics, more telemedicine patients are subsequently visiting eye doctors, creating an influx in specialty visits, according to a report by The…

The medical information of 3,675 Highmark members may be compromised due to health risk assessment results being mailed to the wrong patients, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report.

The following is a roundup of recent health IT vendor contracts that have been reported within the past week.