In the latest major acquisition, Tenet Healthcare announced that it will acquire Vanguard Health Systems for $21 per share in an all cash transaction.

Urban families of pediatric patients reported high access to digital technology and the majority expressed interest in receiving healthcare information digitally, according to a study in the July issue of Pediatrics.

Although long-term care providers are not eligible for the Meaningful Use program, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has a new web page designed to help them benefit from other federal initiatives to accelerate health IT adoption.

Mobile health was the big topic in this week's news with a survey indicating greater acceptance of mobile health monitoring among the American public and a new call for a federal office devoted to wireless health.

Will a key provision of healthcare reform—the establishment of health insurance exchanges—be ready to go by the fall 2013 deadline?

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The number of Americans interested in using mobile devices to better monitor their health is growing, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive and HealthDay. One-third of Internet-using adults expressed interest in using smartphones or tablets to make doctor appointments, receive medical test results or communicate with their doctor.   

A wave of data transparency has been set in motion and appears to be producing a ripple effect.