CHICAGO—Information exchange is increasing partly due to lowering of barriers such as governance and trust, said J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD, speaking at the Healthcare Leadership Forum on Sept. 30. Currently CMIO of Siemens Healthcare, Overhage previously was founding CEO of the Indiana HIE.

A computer error is why Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital staff accidentally discharged a patient diagnosed with Ebola, reports CBS News.

Big data can offer insight on patients’ diagnoses and possible complications in a way that is much less costly and time-consuming than clinical trials, reports New York Times Magazine.

Facebook may venture into the healthcare field.

DEERFIELD, Ill.--Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (Nasdaq: WAG) today announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to improve care coordination and integrate immunization records for more than 8.5 million VA-enrolled patients.

A virtual ward model of care showed no impact on readmissions or deaths 30 days or 90 days, 6 months or 1 year after hospital discharge, according to a University of Toronto study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

This week was the third annual Healthcare Leadership Forum, which focused on leveraging evidence across the care continuum. To that end, many of the speakers at the two-day event had nursing and public health backgrounds that show how healthcare is really starting to look beyond face-to-face physician encounters.

Venture funding invested into the digital health sector has surpassed $3 billion through the first three quarters of 2014, which is a 100 percent increase over 2013, according to the latest report from Rock Health.