Physicians are constantly told to multitask for the sake of improved healthcare delivery, and it’s often the patients who end up feeling secondary in the process, according to an editorial in Huffington Post.

What health apps are the best? HealthTap surveyed more than 65,000 physicians within its network and 500,000 within its referral network on what they felt are the top 100 health apps on the market.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has created a new position of chief health information officer which will be filled by Michael James McCoy, MD.

IRVING, Texas--HMS, Inc., (“HMS”) a wholly owned subsidiary of HMS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:HMSY), today announced that the company has saved the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) nearly $65 million to date through its dependent eligibility verification project, resulting in the removal of 8,940 ineligible dependents from health plans. 

GE Healthcare and NextGen Healthcare are the first two organizations to achieve accreditation under the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission's Practice Management System Accreditation Program.

Two draft documents released by the FDA illuminate its thinking on the regulation of general wellness products and medical device accessories.

Washington, DC, January 14, 2015 -- John Glaser, PhD, has recently joined the Board of Directors of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA). Glaser joins an esteemed group of directors that provides guidance for the association, which has a mission to promote professional, ethical and equitable improvement in healthcare delivery through telecommunications and information technology.

The proliferation of wearable devices is giving physicians some pause about the usability of the data they collect, reports NPR.