TripleTree, a provider of merchant banking services, recognized three winners of its 5th Annual iAwards for Connected Health, which award innovators “demonstrating insight, innovation and initiative in healthcare through the convergence of wireless, mobile, cloud and social technologies,” according to its May 30 announcement.

When looking to make a switch in EHR vendors, physicians consider EHR integrated mobile apps as must-haves, according to global research firm Black Book Rankings' survey published on May 30.

Studies indicating that physicians are spending less time with patients than ever before are fueling the debate about whether EHRs and other IT systems are truly improving patient care or just helping providers rush through face-to-face encounters.

A $1.6 million research award will go to study the use of videoconferencing technology to deliver behavioral health services to pediatric patients in community primary care settings. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has approved the funding to the Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA.

Clinical quality measures moved to the forefront this month with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in conjunction with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, releasing draft clinical quality measures on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s U.S. Health Information Knowledgebase website. The agency also released a timeline for eligible professionals and eligible hospitals detailing quality reporting alignment across eHealth initiative programs.

Aetna is collaborating with Riverside Health System on an accountable care organization (ACO). The agreement is Aetna’s third accountable care solutions contract in Virginia, providing most of Aetna’s 500,000 Virginia members access to an accountable care model.

Interactive voice recognition follow-up calls to patients with diabetes is an effective way to identify safety triggers, according to a study published in the May issue of Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology.

With health IT hitting the headlines, the industry needs to promote wins to fend off the critics.