A judge has ruled that Kaci Hickox, a Maine nurse who had treated Ebola patients, does not have to be fully quarantined, reports The Washington Post.  

Data are being generated at an astounding rate, with an estimated 50,000-fold increase by 2020 that will result in 25,000 terabytes of data, said Visha Agrawal, MD, president of Harris Healthcare Solutions, during a panel discussion at Cleveland Clinic’s 2014 Medical Innovation Summit.

It appears Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, is not leaving the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT after all—despite an earlier announcement.

The federal government has opened a new health insurance portal for small businesses in five states—Delaware, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey and Ohio—after a one-year delay for small-employer health plans, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Physicians are limiting how many new ACA-insured patients they are taking as exchange plans often have lower reimbursement rates, reports USA Today.  

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--Truven Health Analytics™ today announced an agreement with Cerner Corporation, a leading provider of health information and electronic health record (EHR) systems, to resell its Micromedex® CareNotes® product, a part of the Patient Connect Suite of patient and consumer education and engagement solutions.

Most physician group practices are actively engaged in internal processes to improve clinical quality but they are highly critical of Medicare's physician quality reporting programs and their impact on patients and practices.

There is no easy way to put a lid on healthcare costs, according to a piece by the Los Angeles Times editorial board.