UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Pennsylvania has launched two text message-based wellness programs to promote healthy behavior among beneficiaries of its Medicaid benefits plans.

Thanks to a new data-sharing agreement between the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the North Carolina Health Information Exchange, physicians in the state will have access to their patients' Medicaid clinical and claims information at the…

According to the American Medical Association, if the current meaningful use program requirements, deadlines and looming penalties remain unchanged, more physicians will drop out of the program, many physicians will incur financial penalties that will disrupt their practice and their…

A new study from MDLIVE, a telehealth software provider, has found the vast majority (82 percent) of young adults age 18 to 34 say having a consultation with their physician via a mobile device is the best option for them.

A new study from the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Experian has found 55 percent of people take no steps to protect themselves from identity theft after receiving a data breach notification.

A new study from Cielo, a global provider of talent acquisition and management solutions, has found the majority of top executives use data analytics to evaluate their workforce to help meet business objectives.

An increasing number of hospitals and health systems are in the market for a replacement electronic health record system. Almost 50 percent of hospitals with 200 or more beds will purchase a new electronic medical record system by 2016, according…

Hospital and health system's continued need for health IT solutions to both meet government regulations and help them adapt to a changing industry landscape has led to growing revenues for many vendors of electronic health records and related products.

The American National Standards Institute has been given a second three-year term as the ONC-Approved Accreditor for the ONC's health IT certification program.

Health IT vendor eClinicalWorks has announced more than 50 percent of all federally qualified health centers are using eClinicalWorks' software.