A new report details a seven-year, $250 million proposal to study and launch the National Medical Device Postmarket Surveillance System.

NEW YORK, (Feb. 17, 2015)—Virtual Health, the pioneering provider of next generation health care technology, today unveiled Virtual Health 2.0, the most advanced enterprise platform for population health management and care coordination. The next generation solution introduces the concept of empowered care, making it possible for cross-functional teams to collaborate in real-time using the broadest sets of multi-source data and multi-dimensional analytics.

Cox Communications and Cleveland Clinic have formed Vivre Health, a strategic alliance focused on innovative telehealth and home health solutions.

PipelineRx, a clinical telepharmacy platform company supporting medication management, has received support to expand the accessibility of pharmacists.

Fewer than half of the 42.5 million people with mental illness in the U.S. receive treatment, at least in part because of the shortage of mental health providers, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Participating in a national quality improvement initiative doesn't make a hospital any safer than those organizations not participating in such programs.

Capital BlueCross has announced that its Accountable Care Arrangements, an innovation that the company first introduced in 2011, are yielding excellent results including improved quality of care, healthier customers, and lower health care costs.

UnitedHealthcare, the largest private health insurer in the U.S., is now paying out $36 billion a year to providers as part of value-based contracts, nearly triple the total from three years ago. That number will rise 20 percent this year to $43 billion and reach $65 billion by 2018, the company said.