SAN FRANCISCO, March 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AliveCor, Inc. announced today the launch of the latest version of the AliveECG app, with two new FDA-cleared and CE-marked automated detectors that allow patients and physicians to focus on the ECGs that matter most.

VANCOUVER, Wash., March 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- OSTAR Healthcare Technology, a Washington State-based Telehealth Solutions company, announced the global launch of its G4 Device Gateway.

Five senators criticized the progress of the HITECH Act and questioned if the program had achieved its goals of increasing efficiency, reducing costs and improving the quality of care.

The American Medical Association and 99 other physician organizations sent a letter on March 4 to acting Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Andrew Slavitt expressing their concerns with the transition to ICD-10.

Through a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service initiative, states are encouraged to revamp their healthcare delivery systems and improve their care while lowering costs.

SEATTLE, March 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- MCG (part of the Hearst Health network), supplier of evidence-based clinical guidance to health plans and providers, recently released Multiple Condition Management, the industry's first solution specifically designed to inform the care of hospitalized patients with more than one clinically active condition.

When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is fully implemented, hospital outpatient departments will see a 2.6 percent increase in visits and primary care providers will see a 3.8 percent increase in visits, according to a new Commonwealth Fund analysis.

During the next decade, physician demand will grow at a faster rate than supply, causing a shortage of primary care and specialty doctors at a time when the health of U.S. citizens is declining and the average age of the population is increasing.