The performance of accountable care organizations in terms of costs and of care delivered should be monitored closely by policymakers to help them avoid the failures of earlier integrated delivery networks, according to an opinion piece published in the November issue of Health Affairs.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has established an online database to recruit participants for and publicize its health IT advisory committee workgroup.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has released wave six of the draft test procedures for the 2014 edition of EHR certification criteria and is inviting the public to comment.

The FDA has issued guidance regarding the Medical Device User Fee Amendment of 2012 and the agency’s intention to use additional revenues from fees to reduce turnaround time for 510(k) submissions.

BOSTON—As healthcare costs rise for employees and employers alike, businesses are finding new ways to engage patients in the workplace, according to the panelists of an Oct. 26 presentation at the ninth annual Connected Health Symposium.

BOSTON—Pharmaceutical companies don’t make drugs like they used to. The FDA should let them, according to Juan Enriquez, MBA, managing director of Excel Venture Management and former founding director of the Harvard Business School Life Sciences Project, who spoke Oct. 25 at the ninth annual Connected Health Symposium, hosted by Partners HealthCare.

BOSTON—Spending more does not equal better care. Accountable care can reverse that trend, Elliot S. Fisher, MD, MPH, said during an Oct. 25 presentation at the ninth annual Connected Health Symposium, hosted by Partners HealthCare in Boston.