InterSystems, the global leader in software for connected care, today announced that the U.S. Coast Guard is using the InterSystems HealthShare® health informatics platform to enable strategic interoperability for its Integrated Health Information System (IHiS). For the first time, HealthShare makes it possible to view a comprehensive electronic health record across the Coast Guard’s disparate systems.

Aggregated pharmacy claims data are increasingly available within provider EHRs and could serve as an important foundation for improving medical reconciliation, according to a study published in the American Journal of Managed Care.

Text message reminders to patients can improve medication adherence by 15.3 to 17.8 percent, according to findings published in the Journal of Clinical Nursing.

What started as a relatively quiet week in health IT got a jolt with IBM's announcement that it plans on acquiring Merge Healthcare. That wasn't the only interesting development this week. Here are the six most significant 

The Food and Drug Administration's Office of Health Informatics has contracted with DNAnexus to create open source cloud-based software for sharing genomic information as part of the Obama administration's precision medicine initiative.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an alert to users of a computerized infusion pump that communicates with hospital information systems via a wired or wireless connection over facility network infrastructures. The pump has serious cybersecurity vulnerabilities that could put patient safety at risk.

The global market for telemedicine will be worth more than $34 billion by the end of 2020, according to the predictions made by Mordor Intelligence in a new market research report. 

eHealth Initiatives is holding the iTHRIVE Innovation Challenge next week to convene stakeholders on the topic of how health technology can improve the quality, safety and efficiency of healthcare.