Use of patient satisfaction surveys correlates directly with high performance, according to a recent report.

Quantia, a leader in Physician Relationship Management, has introduced the industry’s first virtual Marketplace for its physician community—QuantiaMD—that will connect physicians to products and services that can benefit their practice.

Novant Health and doxo today announced Novant Health has launched on doxo to deliver bills, simplify the patient experience and eliminate unnecessary costs across all thirteen of its hospitals. Novant Health patients can now receive and pay their healthcare statements, as well as organize EOB’s and other documents that surround episodes of care, directly from their free personal doxo account – online or through their doxo mobile app.

In its continuing bid to endorse Blue Button as a means to empower patients to download their health information, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is partnering with industry players to sponsor codeathons that promote Blue Button-enabled health apps.

Time Warner Cable Business Class (TWC) announced that it is exploring a new telemedicine service in partnership with Cleveland Clinic.

Variation in the methodology and results of government, not-for-profit and for-profit hospitals hinders the ability to accurately measure performance, according to a report from the Health Association of New York State.

The National Science Foundation’s Computer Systems Research program pumped $1.5 million into a project to develop computational jewelry to support mHealth applications.

For someone having a stroke, minutes can make the difference between life and death. Studies have shown that prompt access to a vascular neurologist vastly reduces mortality or the long-term disabling effects of a stroke. Yet, many hospitals, particularly in rural regions, do not have a stroke specialist or are unable to provide around-the-clock stroke coverage. To address this problem, Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H), in collaboration with Mayo Clinic, has created a “telestroke” program, offering participating hospitals across New Hampshire and Vermont 24/7 access to specialists.