Senior citizens who value technology want access to online healthcare services from their homes, but are concerned the technology hasn’t developed sufficiently to do so.

In his blog, Life as a Healthcare CIO, John Halamka, MD, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, shares his thoughts on the most desirable innovations for healthcare in 2016.

While few physician practices feel they are currently on track with their preparations for the transition to ICD-10, a survey shows that most are still generally optimistic they will be ready when the Oct. 1 deadline hits.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has completed what Administrator Marilyn Tavenner called a “successful” first week of end-to-end ICD claims testing. 

The Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care has announced its inaugural class of InciteHealth fellows who will work with patients to create and execute ideas that will transform healthcare.

A new electronic guide from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT aims to help prescribers maximize the benefits of electronic prescribing.

Startup CliniCloud is now taking pre-orders for wireless stethoscopes and thermometers that take readings at home and connect to smartphones to send readings to physicians.

Former acting national health IT coordinator Jacob Reider, MD, has been hired as chief strategy officer of Kyron, a Silicon Valley personalized medicine startup company.