A report from the Milbank Memorial Fund highlights lessons learned in multi-state efforts to align payers and providers to transform primary care.

Telemedicine is all the rage these days with the FDA focusing on appropriate oversight for medical devices in recent months, more providers sharing their successes and studies on the possibilities it can bring in improving healthcare quality and outcomes and save money.

August 11, 2014 -- The global healthcare workforce management systems market is expected to grow at a double digit CAGR during the forecast period of 2014 to 2019 and is estimated to be worth $1,453.8 million by 2019.

In 2014, there will be 100 million e-visits globally—potentially saving $5 billion when compared to the cost of in-person physician visits, predicts Deloitte in a recent report.

Studies on accountable care organizations have found cost savings but a new survey finds that ACOs have made little progress in improving their health IT capabilities in the past year.

In its response a Senate committee's call for comments on the availability and utility of healthcare data, the EHR Association has called for a nationwide patient data matching strategy to ensure the accurate, timely and efficient matching of patients with their healthcare data across different systems and settings of care.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT continues its focus on interoperability, recently announcing its effort to draft a “living document” to accompany its 10-year interoperability vision.

OMAHA, Neb.--Avantas, a leading provider of strategic labor management technology, services and strategies for the healthcare industry, today announced that the Penn State Hershey Medical Group has saved more than $800,000 in one year since implementing Avantas’ consulting services and healthcare enterprise labor management solutions.