Millions of migrant workers stream through the United States each year, harvesting everything from California raisins to Alaska salmon. When they move, precious medical records are often left behind.

A growing number of Canadians are using the Internet to diagnose their own medical conditions, says a national survey by IBM.

An increasing number of health insurance plans are offering online options for accessing and completing applications, according to a survey by Forrester Research.

Irvine, Calif.-based Cardiomedics Inc. will market wireless cardiac monitoring technology developed by Orlando, Fla.-based Telzuit Medical Technologies Inc.

The American Health Information Community, the panel of government and private-sector executives seeking to accelerate deployment of electronic health records (EHRs), received a new task yesterday: using health IT to improve the nation’s responses to a disaster.