The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and Weill Cornell Medical College's Medical Device Epidemiology Network (MDEpiNet) have issued a series of recommendations to advance device registries as part of a national surveillance system.

Redwood City, CA, September 03, 2014 -- Breakthrough Behavioral, the nation’s leader in online mental health care with more than five million members, today released a white paper announcing positive outcomes for online video counseling services.

Reducing hospital acquired infections significantly is possibly simply through better adherence to hand washing standards by clinical staff. However, making a hand-washing initiative stick is difficult because people naturally tend to become less adherent to standards over time without a culture that positively reinforces the standard, according to experts from Ohio’s MetroHealth Medical Center, University Hospitals and the Cleveland Clinic.

In a final rule published Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) updated its requirement that eligible providers must use 2014 Edition certified electronic health record (EHR) technology (CEHRT) to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs payments this year. Instead, they can now use the 2011 Edition CEHRT or a combination of 2011 and 2014 Edition CEHRT for an EHR reporting period in 2014.

More than half of physician leaders believe greater transparency in healthcare will improve the relationship between patients and doctors, according to a poll conducted by the American College of Physician Executives.

WOONSOCKET, R.I., September 3, 2014 — CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) announced today that it is changing its corporate name to CVS Health to reflect its broader health care commitment and its expertise in driving the innovations needed to shape the future of health.

SUNNYVALE, Ca., September 2, 2014 – Health Gorilla, Inc., the first online healthcare marketplace to connect doctors and clinicians with over 9,000+ diagnostic labs and 35,000+ radiology centers, and Consolidated Medical Bio-Analysis, Inc. (CMB Labs) have announced a new multi-year agreement which extends CMB Labs diagnostic laboratory services through the Health Gorilla Marketplace.  As a leading provider of diagnostic services center, CMB Labs serves California with multiple facilities across the state.

Researchers have designed a smartphone app for parents with very low-birth-weight infants to help them better transition home from the hospital.