Although telemedicine is often offered up as the way to serve patients in rural populations, it's actually more prevalent in urban populations, according to research by the Commerce Department.

Talent management systems positively impact employee performance and productivity, according to a newly released KLAS report, Talent Management 2013: The Journey has Begun.

DAYTON, Ohio-- Standard Register (NYSE: SR) announced that it will establish a Healthcare Software and Services Center of Excellence in Atlanta, leveraging its market position to become a leading provider of communication solutions to the healthcare industry. To extend Standard Register Healthcare’s portfolio with innovative technology-enabled solutions that focus on workflow management and effective delivery of content to improve patient care, additional software developers and other healthcare technology specialists will be recruited.

Wireless technology challenges in healthcare are the focus of the May/June issue of Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation’s journal, Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology.

The Center for Connected Health (CCH) and the Center for Technology and Aging have jointly developed an online tool that enables providers to evaluate the return on investment (ROI) for patient monitoring programs for patients with heart failure, according to a June 10 announcement.

June 11, 2013 — Chalfont St. Giles, U.K. — GE Healthcare announced today its plans to invest $2 billion over the next five years to accelerate the development of innovative software for healthcare systems and applications. GE Healthcare has a long history in software with its Healthcare IT business; and this investment is designed to advance current and future offerings in order to address new and pressing operational and productivity challenges faced by healthcare organizations around the world. GE Healthcare will work closely with the GE Software Center of Excellence in San Ramon, California - as well as at various research and development hubs around the world - to develop new software solutions.

More than 70 healthcare, research and disease advocacy organizations representing over 40 countries have formed a global alliance to facilitate the secure sharing of clinical and genomic data, according to a June 4 Broad Institute announcement.

To assist providers transitioning into accountable care organizations (ACOs), the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) released a 42-page framework to help them navigate health IT challenges.