Ochsner Health System, based in New Orleans, La., will use the new Apple Watch to manage patients with chronic diseases. 

Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) have reintroduced a bill to cut red tape at the FDA and help boost innovation in health IT. 

Intel-GE Care Innovations, a joint venture between Intel Corporation and GE Healthcare, has expanded its relationship with the Center for Telehealth at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) to establish an Innovation Living Lab that will create and evaluate new models of care using remote care management technology and approaches to patient behavior change that will facilitate improvements in health outcomes. 

NORWALK, Conn., April 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthPrize Technologies, LLC and MeadWestvaco (NYSE: MWV) today announced a strategic collaboration to integrate their proven adherence solutions to provide an end-to-end program to pharmaceutical companies, pharmacy chains, and the patients they serve. 

National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, authored a blog post for Health Affairs, based on her keynote address at the 2015 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition, about her optimism for the future of health IT.

HORSHAM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and a leading provider of healthcare information systems, services, and connectivity solutions, today announced the launch of NextGen® Care, a new population health and care management solution designed to streamline the care team’s workflow, more effectively manage patient populations, drive better outcomes and decrease cost of care delivery mandated by evolving value-based payment models. 

An electronic tool to support laboratory monitoring between primary care office visits improved low-density lipoprotein (LDL) testing intervals for patients, but didn’t improve hemoglobin A1c or LDL control, according to study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

(New York, NY – April 27, 2015) The Mount Sinai Health System and software company par8o are creating a seamless referral process for the Health System’s care providers.