"I'm not sure the public understands how sentinel this announcement is," said Paul Tang, MD, of the Department of Health and Human Services' plans to shift to value-based payment. Tang was speaking during the federal Health IT Policy Committee meeting.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced an updated model of accountable care organization that focuses on new payment and care delivery models.

Patients want to visit a highly rated hospital. Providers want to maintain a high level of quality. Payers are looking to incentivize high-value care.

The National Institutes of Health has introduced a portal that includes Alzheimer’s disease data that researchers can share and analyze to help them design clinical trials and evaluate therapeutic targets.

A systematic review of published literature found that the benefits of health information exchanges remain unclear.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Doc Halo, LLC a leading developer of mobile apps for healthcare providers, has announced that they have recently added record number of users to their Secure Mobile Health Platform. In the first months of 2015. Doc Halo is on a 150% growth trajectory.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., March 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SOAPware Inc., an electronic health record (EHR), has introduced myHEALTHware™: the complete solution to patient care coordination.

Molecular biomarker science is being used at every and all stages in the drug development process, but, according to a report from the Manhattan Institute, the “relevant molecular science and practice of molecular medicine have already moved far ahead of the FDA.”