Allscripts (Nasdaq:MDRX) ("Allscripts"), a global leader in healthcare information technology solutions, and NantHealth, a cloud-based information technology company, announced they have taken a significant step forward in their strategic partnership through two cross-investments and a strengthening of their commercial agreement.

HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley’s patient satisfaction has soared since it started using an information system made by one of the industry’s top suppliers.

WASHINGTON, DC – March 17, 2015 – U.S. healthcare could save $8 billion annually by transitioning six routine business transactions from manual to electronic, according to the newly published 2014 CAQH Index™. The CAQH Index tracks progress from manual (e.g., via phone, fax or mail) to industry standardized (HIPAA) electronic administrative transactions between health plans and healthcare providers. This annual report, the second from CAQH, details adoption rates and potential savings.

Epic Systems CEO Judith Faulkner has made Forbes' list of the world's billionaires at 663 on the list, with a net worth of $2.8 billion.Faulkner founded Epic in 1979 and recently made plans to ensure that the company stays private well into the future. More than half the U.S. population has its medical information stored in Epic software.

Madison, WI — March 16, 2015 — Esker, a worldwide leader in document process automation solutions and pioneer in cloud computing, today announced it has recently completed a security assessment of its on-demand document process automation solutions against the published safeguards and breach reporting requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act as of December 23, 2014.

PHOENIX, March 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- A two-year Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program, sponsored by Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix (formerly Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center), is being launched following the creation of a new clinical subspecialty by the American Board of Medical Specialties.

HealthStream, a provider of workforce development and research/patient experience solutions for the healthcare industry, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire San Diego-based HealthLine Systems.

BOSTON, Feb. 10, 2015-- Few topics in healthcare IT have been more widely celebrated than patient engagement in recent years. Yet the reality of digital participation from patients in their own care is far removed from the hype according to the latest report from Chilmark Research: 2014/2015 Clinical Patient Engagement Market Trends Report.