Wellframe, developer of a post-discharge patient engagement app, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding from the leaders of several prominent healthcare organizations, according to a VentureBeat report.

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association's National Labor Office has entered into a partnership with Teledoc to provide telemedicine benefits to members covered by labor trust funds, labor unions and independent BSBC companies served by the NLO.

The joint efforts of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and HHS to increase the use of health IT in rural areas has expanded to Tennessee, where part of the initiative's $70 million in total funding has gone to helping rural…

Following a successful first year, the New York Digital Health Accelerator is currently accepting applications from startup and growth-stage health IT companies to be a part of the accelerator's second class.

Health IT company ABILITY Network has received an investment of $550 million from growth equity investment firm Summit Partners.

A recent case study published in Telemedicine and e-Health has pinpointed six key dimensions that should be incorporated into any framework used to evaluate telehealth programs.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has released the results of a study that found an automated method of identifying potentially preventable readmissions to hospitals is not yet accurate enough to replace manual review.

Hospitals and payers are gradually moving toward electronic claims payments due to federal legislation that spurs the switch, according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch whitepaper.

In order to improve communication among staff members while remaining HIPAA-compliant, many hospitals and health systems are turning to secure texting solutions.

A total of 20 healthcare providers and health IT companies have been named to InformationWeek's Elite 100, the magazine's list of the most innovative IT users and developers across the country.