The Joint Commission announced today the appointment of David W. Baker, MD, FACP, MPH, to the position of executive vice president for the Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation. In this senior leadership position, Dr. Baker will oversee the Departments of Quality Measurement, Health Services Research and Standards and Survey Methods.

HealthStream, a provider of workforce development and research/patient experience solutions for the healthcare industry, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire San Diego-based HealthLine Systems.

Health IT vendor Cerner and development partner Mortara Instrument, a leading U.S. manufacturer of diagnostic cardiology instrumentation, including multi-parameter patient monitoring, have joined together to introduce CareAware Waveform Management, which displays waveforms and other physiological data from patient monitoring systems and integrates them into the EHR.

Showcasing a mix of distinguished panel discussions, case studies and small group breakout sessions, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is pleased to announce its Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) Forum series in collaboration with iHT2 for 2015. 

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Feb. 12, 2015 – Practice Fusion, the #1 cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) for doctors and patients, released Online Patient Check-In – a new service that lets patients complete traditional check-in forms from their phone, tablet, or computer before getting to the doctor’s office.

Waycross, GA – (February 11, 2015) - Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth (GPT), a charitable nonprofit promoting the establishment of telemedicine programs in communities throughout Georgia, announces its newest partner, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC), a State College of the University System of Georgia located in Tifton.Waycross, GA – (February 11, 2015) - Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth (GPT), a charitable nonprofit promoting the establishment of telemedicine programs in communities throughout Georgia, announces its newest partner, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC), a State College of the University System of Georgia located in Tifton.

BOSTON, Feb. 10, 2015-- Few topics in healthcare IT have been more widely celebrated than patient engagement in recent years. Yet the reality of digital participation from patients in their own care is far removed from the hype according to the latest report from Chilmark Research: 2014/2015 Clinical Patient Engagement Market Trends Report.

SAN DIEGO, Calif.--DR Systems (www.drsys.com), a leader in healthcare imaging and information technologies, has recently been granted seven new U.S. patents.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--Truven Health Analytics™ today announced an expansion of its long term strategic collaboration with MEDITECH, provider of Health Information® Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, to include additional products from its Micromedex® Patient Connect Suite. 

MT. PROSPECT, Ill.--A new software interface launched today by the Rauland Responder® critical communications solution is the first instance of a nurse call system integrating directly to a hospital patient’s electronic medical record, providing the ability for the systems to share information bi-directionally.

IRVINE, Calif.--Kareo, the leading provider of cloud-based medical office software for small medical practices, today announced it has entered into a partnership with digiChart, a provider of specialty-specific EHR technology for OB/GYN practices.

Denver, CO, February 09, 2015 -- Aventura, a leader in healthcare workflow optimization software solutions, today announced that it raised a $14 million Series C financing round, which was oversubscribed, co-led by Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE:SFE) and Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (Merck GHI).

RESTON, Va.--QuadraMed Corporation today announced the company has entered into a joint venture called “Better Together” with LifeMed ID, Inc

Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 03, 2015 -- Isabel Healthcare announced today an agreement with the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) to offer the Isabel diagnosis decision support tool to its physician assistant (PA) members through their Affinity Partner member benefits program.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--InterSystems, a global leader in software for connected healthcare, today announced that the InterSystems HealthShare® informatics platform has successfully completed the eHealth Exchange Product Testing Program. 

ARLINGTON, Va.--Surescripts, the nation's largest health information network, has agreed to spin off CareManager™, its population health business.

VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 30, 2015-- OSTAR Healthcare Technology, a Washington StateBased TeleHealth Solutions company, announced the North American launch of yet another first in theirCellular TeleHealth Blood Pressure Monitoring System. 

Dallas, Texas, January 28, 2015 -- The Global Connected Health M2M Market report says the market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 33.08% from 2014-2019.

Dallas, Texas, January 29, 2015 -- KLAS Research today recognized Corepoint Integration Engine as healthcare’s top interface engine in the annual 2014 Best in KLAS®: Software & Services report. Corepoint Integration Engine has led the interface engine category for six consecutive years.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jan. 27, 2015 — The organization connecting Electronic Health Records (EHRs) for nearly one million patients at 11 different health care facilities in Georgia, is growing. In the past six months, the number of data sources providing information through the GRAChIE network has grown by 450 percent.

UMC, Cerner announce 10-year extended and enhanced relationship to align EHR and Clinical IT teams at UMC, Texas Tech Physicians of Lubbock and UMC Physicians Network Services.