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A new report from Ambient Insight shows that the U.S. corporate market for self-paced e-learning products and services reached $6.8 billion in 2010, and projects that revenues will reach $7.1 billion by 2015.The report, The US Corporate Market for Self-paced eLearning Products and Services: 2010-2015 Forecast, analyzes expenditures by four company sizes: small, medium, large, and enterprise. The report also provides forecasts for 10 vertical industries and a revenue breakout of 10 content areas by subject matter.

The booming healthcare market, which is expected to account for nearly one-fifth of U.S. GDP by 2019, is driving a surge of activity from companies looking to mine opportunities for growth, differentiation and jobs, just as a new generation of tech-savvy consumers is creating a new market for digital and interactive health, according to PwC's Health Research Institute.Seventy-six percent of Fortune 50 companies are either in the health industry or have health divisions, according to a recent survey.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced June 8 the Investing in Innovations (i2) Initiative - a program designed to spur innovations in health IT. As part of the program's rollout, ONC has awarded nearly $5 million to the Capital Consulting Corporation (CCC) and Health 2.0 LLC, to fund projects supporting innovations in research and encouraging health IT development through open-innovation mechanisms like prizes and challenges.

Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) has realized $262 million in net savings during the fourth year of Your Healthcare Plus, a care management program administered by McKesson.