Partners HealthCare and EMC are collaborating to develop what they call The Partners Data Lake, a data and analytics platform to drive clinical research, improve care delivery and reduce costs. 

New data suggests that the costs and efforts related to ICD-implementation for small physician offices have been overestimated, according to a study in the Journal of the American Health Information Management Association.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT  released a paper that describes its "vision for advancing the use of health IT to support transformational improvement in healthcare quality and value," according to a post on the Health IT Buzz blog.

The Joint Commission has recognized 1,224 hospitals as “Top Performer” hospitals which have demonstrated overall quality improvements, according to Becker’s Healthcare.

As federal and state insurance exchanges enter their second year, from 60 percent to more than 80 percent of plans could be high deductible, reports Modern Healthcare.

EHR giant Cerner has begun work on a $4.46 billion project which it anticipates will generate 16,000 new jobs over the next decade, reports Clinical Innovation + Technology.

Scottsdale, AZ – November 6, 2014 – Orion Health, a population health management company, today announced the opening of its new development center in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Orion Health ‘Center of Excellence’ will serve as the company’s North American research and solution center, supporting big data analytics technology development, focused on providing decision support to clinicians and patients, and solution support for clients’ population health initiatives.

Following the departure of Gail Boudreaux, who led UnitedHealth Group’s insurance division, the largest health insurer announced that it has restructured its management team, according to Forbes.