Royal Philips and Marin General Hospital (MGH) have launched a $90 million, 15-year partnership to improve healthcare in Marin County, Calif.

Despite being the subject of acquisition rumors, WebMD Health said it is not currently in any negotiations to be acquired.

In the second of a two-part series, Chris Trimble, MBA, the author of How Physicians Can Fix Health Care: One Innovation at a Time, spoke with Clinical Innovation + Technology about how healthcare organizations can innovate to improve patient outcomes.

Healthcare needs innovation based on teams, not technology, according to Chris Trimble, MBA, author of How Physicians Can Fix Health Care: One Innovation at a Time.

More thorough studies are needed to determine the effect health data exchange has on clinical outcomes, according to a study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced 21 participants in its Next Generation accountable care organization (ACO) model.

Health Level 7 and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT kicked off a challenge addressing the consolidated clinical document architecture (C-CDA) standard and providers' frustrations with it.

Earlier this month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Medtronic and IBM gave the world a sneak peek at their new collaboration: a smartphone application with the ability to predict low blood sugar in diabetics.