Mundelein, Ill.-based Medline is launching a newly designed skin adhesive at the 2014 Association of periOperative Registered Nurses surgical conference and exposition.

Healthcare industry leaders identified third-party risk as an increasingly pressing issue for both covered entities and their business associates during Clearwater Compliances' most recent monthly HIPAA-HITECH Blue Ribbon Panel.

A new report from the Washington State Health Care Authority shows a data-sharing initiative among emergency departments in Washington has reduced ED visits by Medicaid patients by 10 percent in the program's first year.

The results of a new study released by Menlo Park, Calif-based Spyglass Consulting Group show a majority of hospitals are evaluating enterprise-class smartphone solutions to support collaborative team-based care to decrease the number of nurses who are using personal smartphones…

CMS will extend the attestation period for meaningful use of electronic health records for 2013 for physicians and other eligible professionals who bill for outpatient services provided in critical access hospitals using CAH Method II and are unable to attest…

The following is a roundup of recent health IT vendor contracts announced within the last week, beginning with the most recent:

The eHealth Initiative has launched the 2020 Roadmap, a new public-private collaboration to help guide the transformation of the U.S. healthcare system by 2020.

The Florida Department of Health has adopted new telemedicine rules, but several bills on the same subject are under consideration by the Florida Legislature.

HHS has announced it has released a new security risk assessment tool to help healthcare providers in small- to medium-sized practices conduct risk assessments of their organizations.

According to a new study published in Telemedicine and e-Health, the low number of nighttime admissions to hospitals may reveal an opportunity for leveraging telehospitalist physicians to deliver inpatient services during that time.