An online competition aims to elicit new ideas on how to ease the burden of paperwork and other business-related activities that physicians say are hampering their ability to develop meaningful relationships with patients. 

Atrius Health is the latest health system to open an innovation center.  

PLANO, Texas – April 21, 2015 – ZeOmega Inc., a market leader in population health and care coordination solutions, today released its annual clinical content update which enables its clients to access the latest best practices in evidence-based medicine and care management.

U.S. medical startups raised a record $3.9 billion in venture capital in the first quarter of 2015 due to growing interest in biotechnology, digital health and healthcare services, according to the Dow Jones VentureSource 1Q'15 U.S. Venture Capital Report. 

Despite the focus on patient engagement, price transparency and provider quality ratings, few individuals are using quality and pricing data on physicians and hospitals to make their healthcare choices, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll.

Nashville, Tennessee—April 16, 2015 — HealthTrustSM announces today the launch of a new suite of services and partnership with InVivoLink, Inc. to expand their medical device sourcing capabilities.

Following up on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's recent report on information blocking among health IT, the New York Times published an editorial on the same issue.  

Sixty percent of providers surveyed named telemedicine as one of their highest priorities. Those are the findings of a survey conducted of 233 providers across the care continuum conducted by REACH Health, an enterprise telemedicine software solutions vendor.