The University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) have entered into an agreement designed to accelerate the commercialization of intellectual property arising from the research activity of university faculty.

With the shift toward more outpatient care and an emphasis on limiting readmissions, hospitals are shrinking capacity or closing, Modern Healthcare reports.

Members of the Ohio Children's Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety have prevented serious harm in nearly 230 patients and eliminated nearly $6 million from the states healthcare system over the past three years.

A new report details a seven-year, $250 million proposal to study and launch the National Medical Device Postmarket Surveillance System.

NEW YORK, (Feb. 17, 2015)—Virtual Health, the pioneering provider of next generation health care technology, today unveiled Virtual Health 2.0, the most advanced enterprise platform for population health management and care coordination. The next generation solution introduces the concept of empowered care, making it possible for cross-functional teams to collaborate in real-time using the broadest sets of multi-source data and multi-dimensional analytics.

Cox Communications and Cleveland Clinic have formed Vivre Health, a strategic alliance focused on innovative telehealth and home health solutions.

PipelineRx, a clinical telepharmacy platform company supporting medication management, has received support to expand the accessibility of pharmacists.

Fewer than half of the 42.5 million people with mental illness in the U.S. receive treatment, at least in part because of the shortage of mental health providers, the Wall Street Journal reports.