The Department of Defense has yet to choose which bidder will take on its $11 EHR billion contract, but that has not stopped IBM and Epic from beginning preparations on their collaborative effort to overhaul the system, reports FCW.

Big news on the Meaningful Use Stage 3 front: The proposed rule has been sent to the Office of Management and Budget and will be published in the Federal Register upon review, reports Clinical Innovation + Technology.

The U.S. patient monitoring market is projected to exceed $5 billion by 2020, thanks in part to strong growth in the telehealth market, according to iData Research.

The University of Montana will host the nation's first rural medicine hackathon in Missoula in March.

Qualcomm Life is collaborating with Walgreens to power device connectivity with Walgreens mobile and web applications and its rewards program with robust medical device connectivity and care coordination capabilities.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6, 2015--Comcast Business today announced that Cooper University Health Care, the premier healthcare provider in southern New Jersey, is using an innovative mix of Comcast Business Ethernet services to connect its hospitals, medical campuses, lab and imaging facilities, outpatient offices and even physician homes to a secure, private network that is improving all aspects of patient care.

LONDON, Dec. 31, 2014 -- The study covers the eHealth initiatives across the emerging markets in Asia-Pacific. Government initiatives and incentives that encourage technology adoption in healthcare are key drivers for private sector investment in the Asia-Pacific eHealth industry

The good old days of "doctor knows best" are as good as gone, according to Eric Topol, renowned cardiologist at Scripps Translational Science Institute, in his new book, "The Patient Will See You Now."