A new think tank launched in the District Monday with the goal of reducing the cost of health care through research and entrepreneurship. The West Health Policy Center is the latest project of Gary and Mary West, the two billionaire philanthropists behind the West Wireless Health Institute and the West Health Investment Fund, a pair of California-based organizations that develop and fund health technology product. Read the Article>

When new mom Leah Dillon needed advice for her son's first fever, she wondered where to turn. Recently arrived in Palo Alto, she couldn't ask neighbors for guidance and wasn't sure if she should page her son's pediatrician in the dead of night. Read the Article>

Two generations of computer-savvy gamers and networkers have teased their parents and grandparents about a lack of technological skill, but the coming “silver tsunami” of aging Americans may claim ultimate victory by conjuring up the wizards of digital health. Read the Article>

California, like most states, is in the process of creating two new health exchanges -- one for insurance and one for information. The two are closely related, somewhat dependent on each other and will have to work well together from birth for either to be successful. Read the Article>

It is a daunting task, applying for a federal establishment grant for the California Health Benefit Exchange -- it lays out the direction and scope of the entire exchange, so the board's plan was to complete it in September. That was complicated slightly by the fact that Belshé was the only board member on the committee supervising the grant application. Read the Article>

As part of the federal government's push to get hospitals and clinics to adopt electronic medical records, it's subsidizing IT training classes across the country. Read the Article>

A decade of advances in telehealth have improved patient outcomes in underserved California counties, but continued promise of reducing the state’s wide health disparities depends on overcoming several financial, policy, and technical hurdles. Read the Article>

A small but growing number of prominent, Republican governors — including Mitch Daniels and Haley Barbour — are taking the lead to shape a key component of the health care overhaul their party fought so hard to kill. Read the Article>

Providers frozen out of a $27 billion federal fund for conversion of medical records to electronic form are now fighting back in an effort to qualify for the money and possibly increase the size of the pot. The results of these multi-front battles are uncertain — but they are representative of a larger war. Read the Article>

As the Obama administration pushes ahead with plans to increase the use of electronic medical records, two internal reports released Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services revealed "significant concerns" about security gaps in the system. Read the Article>