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Patients utilizing online health tools were more likely to get preventative tests, based on a Kaiser Permanente study, according to Healthcare IT News.

In an Integrated Healthcare Strategies survey, 43 percent of responding organizations offered their medical director a performance bonus.

Amidst growing concern over the Zika virus, the CDC will host a conference call today with Florida obstetricians and gynecologists, family physicians, nurses and other healthcare employees, according to the Miami Herald.

Charlottesville-based University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers studied the impact of genetics on the immune system, according to NBC29. PLOS Pathogens published the findings online.

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute is supposed to fund research that aids patients in making informed healthcare decisions. Primary care physicians are calling foul however, asserting the grant money is not advancing PCORI's intended mission.

CommonWell Health Alliance, a nonprofit trade association of health IT companies, added seven members to its effort to improve health data exchange.

The American Epilepsy Society released a new guideline to help physicians, healthcare facilities and health systems treat patients effectively, according to News-Medical.

A recent study found patients are more likely to die if the nurses who care for them are looking after more than six patients, according to The Telegraph.

The Hawaii Department of Health enhanced its vital records ordering and tracking service, called vitrec.ehawaii.gov.

Beaumont, Texas-based pharmacist Andy Wilcox has seen common prescription drug increases of 200 percent to 10,000 percent, according to KFDM.