One of the goals of Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation challenge grants issued in 2011 was improving care coordination with long-term care providers. Here’s a look at the results.

The Silicon-Valley-based division of Samsung unveiled plans for an open platform for developers, medical professionals and hardware makers to advance digital health, reported CNBC.

Decision support offers the opportunity to provide smarter intelligence for our clinicians at the point of order entry. The Choosing Wisely initiative is guiding our efforts to more effectively order appropriate medications and studies.

Walgreens, CVS and more national chains traditionally considered drugstores are expanding their services into clinical care. 

The Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation will fund three new initiatives in the second round of its Innovation Grant Program, a program that encourages Penn employees and students to submit their ideas for advancing health and healthcare delivery.

An automated system that notifies responsible physicians of the results of tests pending at discharge through a secure, network email improved their awareness of a patient’s status and boosted provider satisfaction, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

GREENVILLE, S.C.--Glytec, a clinical information technology company solely dedicated to the mission of improving insulin management and glycemic control, is pleased to share the results of a late-breaking poster that was presented at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 23rd Annual Scientific and Clinical Congress.

The American Telemedicine Association is looking to launch an accreditation program this fall for primary care and urgent care.