The global telemedicine market will almost double in the next five years, according to an industry research report.

More than one-third of U.S. consumers are uninformed about patient portals, according to findings in a survey conducted by Xerox.  

The Medicare Shared Savings Programs is growing with 89 new accountable care organizations joining the program.

A consumer group is filing a lawsuit alleging that Aetna discriminates against patients with H.I.V. when it requires these patients to obtain medications exclusively throughout its own mail-order pharmacy, reports The New York Times. 

Eighty-nine accountable care organizations will join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Medicare Shared Savings Program starting in 2015, reports Modern Healthcare. 

The vast majority of states and the federal government fail to track how many Medicaid physicians use EHRs, reports Politico. 

Apple iOS 8/2, which was released in beta form to developers last week, contains notes indicating that blood glucose tracking will be included as a feature, reports Forbes.

FDA-funded research by the Kaiser Permanente and Weill Cornell Medical College highlights the importance of registries and unique device identification implementation for post-market surveillance of medical devices.