Beacon communities are beginning to turn the corner and report improvements in patient care and population health in their regions based on analytics they have extracted from data collected for measures.

Health IT professionals say disaster recovery and business continuity are their most pressing needs when it comes to dealing with huge and ever-growing volumes of health data, according to a recent survey from BridgeHead Software. Storage is a sticking point too, they said, but also noted that the cloud is "still not ready for prime time."

Rising wealth, aging and growing populations, demand for quality healthcare and an increase in the number of hospitals are driving growth for the healthcare information technology markets in Indonesia and Vietnam, according to new analysis from Frost & Sullivan.

A new report from KLAS finds most healthcare providers have begun putting into place an enterprise strategy for imaging, with the goal of getting "the right image to the right place at the right time."

Dell announced Monday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Quest Software for approximately $2.4 billion. Quest's management technologies are used by more than 100,000 companies in many industries, including healthcare.