In the first two months of the American Telemedicine Association's (ATA) program for accreditation for online patient consultations, more than 200 organizations have registered.

NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and Cleveland Clinic Innovations (CCI) have entered into a joint collaboration that will bring NASA’s renowned aeronautics and spaceflight engineering expertise to CCI’s Global Healthcare Innovations Alliance.

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators introduced a bill to revamp the readmissions program created as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and help hospitals that serve low-income patients.

"I'm not sure the public understands how sentinel this announcement is," said Paul Tang, MD, of the Department of Health and Human Services' plans to shift to value-based payment. Tang was speaking during the federal Health IT Policy Committee meeting.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced an updated model of accountable care organization that focuses on new payment and care delivery models.

Patients want to visit a highly rated hospital. Providers want to maintain a high level of quality. Payers are looking to incentivize high-value care.

The National Institutes of Health has introduced a portal that includes Alzheimer’s disease data that researchers can share and analyze to help them design clinical trials and evaluate therapeutic targets.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Doc Halo, LLC a leading developer of mobile apps for healthcare providers, has announced that they have recently added record number of users to their Secure Mobile Health Platform. In the first months of 2015. Doc Halo is on a 150% growth trajectory.