The Government of Canada, through the Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF), has enlisted FoneMed in a research and development effort to deliver the next generation of remote disease management services.

Essentia Health is entering an agreement with technology commercialization company HealthCare DataWorks (HCD) for business intelligence tools to support Essentia's enterprisewide data integration efforts.

With D.C. lawmakers trying to out-thrift (or at least out-maneuver) each other on the fiscal budget, this might not be the best time to ask for more money if youre employed by the people. But if you must, you should do so humbly.

Payment claim denied? Try again. Nationwide data collected by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from insurers shows that the aggregate application denial rate for the first quarter of 2010 was 19 percent, but that denial rates varied significantly across insurers, according to a March report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Data released by Standard & Poor's for the S&P Healthcare Economic Composite Index indicated that the average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare programs increased by 6.29 percent over the 12 months ending in January.

Online messaging can deliver organized follow-up care for depression effectively and efficiently, according to a randomized controlled trial by Group Health Cooperative, a Seattle-based nonprofit healthcare system, published online this month in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

The states of California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas have the dubious distinction of being "diabetes hot spots," where the burden of diabetes will be greatest in the next 15 years, according to a report by the Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF).

Peconic Bay Medical Center of Riverhead, N.Y., will implement Biosign Technologies Healthanywhere remote patient management system.