A report from the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics explores the role of apps in healthcare and how the industry can move the use of apps from novelty to mainstream.

Patients were identified as the blockbuster drug of the century last year in a Health Affairs article and the healthcare industry, from payers and providers to innovators and the government, is taking that declaration to heart particularly by tapping the resource through mobile health.

Sacramento-based Sutter Health is planning to go live with ICD-10 on May 31, 2014—four months ahead of the Oct. 1, 2014 compliance date, according to an article in Government Health IT.

BOSTON--The shift to patient-centered care requires a multipronged approach, and diverse leaders in the connected health field shared their cutting-edge patient engagement efforts during a panel session at Partners HealthCare’s 10th Annual Connected Health Symposium.

BOSTON—“If we can engage patients, anything is possible,” said George Kassabgi, entrepreneur and partner of the Center for Assessment Technology and Continuous Health, speaking at Partners HealthCare’s 10th Annual Connected Health Symposium.

BOSTON--Healthcare is so protocol driven that some think companies shouldn’t innovate, said Michael McGarry, MBA, director of the innovations accelerator team at Ascension Health, speaking during a panel discussion at Partners HealthCare’s 10th Annual Connected Health Symposium.

The number of U.S. mobile phone owners using their phones for health information or tools jumped to 95 million in 2013, up 27 percent from 75 million users one year ago, according to a Manhattan Research’s Cybercitizen Health U.S. 2013 study.

BOSTON--Can the “behemoths” in healthcare innovate? Three innovation leaders at large organizations answered yes, and shared their thoughts during Partners HealthCare’s 10th Annual Connected Health Symposium.