SSM Health Care–St. Louis and Healthcare Clinic at select Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (Nasdaq: WAG) will launch a collaboration in January 2014 that will improve access to care and increase care coordination for patients.

The United States may be losing ground as the leader in biomedical research and within the next five years will be second to China in the funds it spends for R&D, according to Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D, director of the National Institutes of Health.

A mobile app in use in Canada is designed to improve care for pressure ulcers by upgrading from paper-based charting, integrating images of wounds, allowing for remote consultation and offering tutorial support for non-specialized caregivers, according to research published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

The non-clinical information recorded in EHRs can assess patient-physician interaction and determine how that may impact patient care, according to a study published in Health Services Research.

Providers in the greater Buffalo region of New York can use the regional health information exchange--HEALTHeLINK--for automated immunization reporting to the New York State Immunization Information System (NYSIIS).

The global medical device connectivity market is expected to reach $33.5 billion by 2019--up from $3.5 billion in 2012, according to a report from Transparency Market Research.

To better connect patients and researchers, three pharmaceutical companies are partnering with clinicaltrials.gov on a new platform to improve access to information about clinical trials.

Telehealth helps emergency department (ED) physicians in rural hospitals make fewer medication administration errors, according to research published in Pediatrics.