Health reform will require hospitals and physicians to engage in more intense levels of collaboration and information sharing; however, both groups must overcome trust and IT issues, according to a survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has unveiled Healthy People 2020, the new 10-year goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention in the U.S., and myHealthyPeople, a new challenge for technology application developers.

Orion Health has added a modular suite of components to its health information exchange (HIE) tools, allowing healthcare organizations to customize their exchanges.

REACH3 has launched Health e-Strategy customer relationship management (CRM) software to enable health systems to engage patients online via the web, email and social networks.

In a letter last week to Jonathan D. Blum, deputy director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the American Hospital Association (AHA) asked for clarity on accountable care organization (ACO) implementation and cost savings for healthcare delivery, particularly in Medicare.

Union Hospital of Cecil County, a 122-bed nonprofit hospital located in Elkton, Md., has selected business intelligence software developer Wolters Kluwer Healths ProVation order sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, as the organization's electronic order set program.

Sunquest Information Systems has released Diagnostic Intelligence business intelligence software to assist management of clinical processes.

Ingenix, UnitedHealth Groups health IT subsidiary, will acquire A-Life Medical, a San Diego-based provider of computer-assisted coding products and services for the healthcare industry, for an undisclosed amount.