Teladoc, the largest telemedicine provider in the U.S., has completed its $440 million acquisition of virtual consultation company Best Doctors less than a month after the deal was first announced.

The Tennessee Department of Health has held its last public hearing on the proposed merger of Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System, with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continuing to oppose the deal.

Edward Marx will take over as the new chief information officer at Cleveland Clinic, effective Sept. 1.

Electronic health records (EHRs) have become an integral part of U.S. healthcare organizations. Many are now offering patients the ability to review notes taken during their visits by their physicians through secure patient portals. A recent study, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, from researchers at OpenNotes and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center showcases exactly what patients value in having the ability to view visit notes.

Nobel Prize winner Elina Berglund, a particle physicist, has developed the first mobile application certified as a method of birth control in the European Union.

Most healthcare organizations with revenue under $1 billion surveyed by the Ernst & Young LLP Advisory Health practice reported having no value-based reimbursement initiatives and placed a lower priority on bundled payments and alternative payment models than larger systems.

In a study of Massachusetts hospitals published in JAMA Pediatrics, the number of transfers for pediatric patients another increased by more than 36 percent from 2004 to 2014, with only 20 percent of the state’s hospitals completing care for a pediatric patient without a transfer.

swyMed announced today that as a Glass Partner, it is deploying its industry-leading video telemedicine solution on Glass Enterprise Edition to deliver hands-free, remote evaluations of patients from anywhere in real time.