Healthcare needs innovation based on teams, not technology, according to Chris Trimble, MBA, author of How Physicians Can Fix Health Care: One Innovation at a Time.

More thorough studies are needed to determine the effect health data exchange has on clinical outcomes, according to a study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced 21 participants in its Next Generation accountable care organization (ACO) model.

Health Level 7 and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT kicked off a challenge addressing the consolidated clinical document architecture (C-CDA) standard and providers' frustrations with it.

Earlier this month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Medtronic and IBM gave the world a sneak peek at their new collaboration: a smartphone application with the ability to predict low blood sugar in diabetics.

A new federal government initiative aims to help smaller, new entrants to healthcare innovation overcome barriers in the competitive field.  

More than 8 in 10 (84 percent) of U.S. FDA-approved health apps tested by IT security vendor Arxan Technologies did not adequately address at least two of the Open Web Application Security Project top 10 risks, according to the firm's 5th Annual State of Application Security Report. 

The National Quality Forum’s National Quality Partners (NQP), together with the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC), is leading an initiative to bring diverse stakeholders together to identify the most promising strategies to promote shared decision-making and goal-oriented care for the nation’s growing population of elderly adults with chronic conditions.