Susan DeVore, president and CEO of Premier, says if you want to fix healthcare, you have to start from the inside. That means improving the delivery of healthcare by collaborating and sharing information on everything from medical supplies to the latest treatments, she told Forbes. 

The cost of the federal health insurance exchange’s portal is now estimated to be more than $2 billion, according to an analysis by Bloomberg Government, reports The Hill. 

HACKENSACK, NJ – September 23, 2014 – COTA, Inc. today announced it has closed $3.7 million in a planned $7 million Series A funding round led by Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc. (Horizon), with participation from Med-Metrix.

Iodine, a new company slated to launch next week, will harness Google Consumer Surveys to provide an online service with tailored drug-taking information and advice, reports The New York Times.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 12, 2014 -- A cornerstone of the partnership is to use data to help healthcare systems and organizations make informed decisions to deliver and improve patient care. Core elements of the partnership include:

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--eClinicalWorks®, a leader in ambulatory healthcare IT solutions, recognizes the success of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in generating savings for the healthcare industry. Through eClinicalWorks Care Coordination Medical Record (CCMR®), the company currently works with a wide variety of Medicare, Medicaid and other shared savings programs, aiding them in population health management. Many of these organizations are experiencing the benefits outlined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week.

Clearwater, FL, September 10, 2014 -- CHOICE (Coalition of Hospices Organized to Investigate Comparative Effectiveness), a quality improvement benchmarking network, will soon have the largest patient-level, multi-hospice dataset to date.

WASHINGTON, DC, September 5, 2014—The Data Quality Campaign joins a growing global effort among government, corporate, non-profit, and academic sectors to promote online safety awareness.