The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced the seven winners of the 2015 HHS Innovates Awards reflecting seven different operating divisions.  

The vendor interoperability CommonWell Alliance has added new members to its roster to "incorporate new healthcare stakeholders outside of the vendor community," according to an announcement.

The new 3M Health System Performance Suite offers advanced analytic tools to manage the health of populations, measure provider performance, determine total cost of care and succeed under value-based payment.

HFMA-ANI, Orlando, June 22, 2015 – Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced a partnership with Jvion, a healthcare predictive analytics company, to provide further support to healthcare organizations with Advanced Practice Clinical Documentation Improvement™ (CDI) as they prepare for the shift to a value-based reimbursement model.

Princeton, New Jersey, June 24, 2015 – OpenLegacy, the open source-based legacy integration platform provider, today announced the availability of its eSuite Integration Platform, which makes it easy for enterprises to integrate their back-end systems of record with mobile, Web or cloud applications through a set of standard APIs. 

SEATTLE – June 23, 2015 – Summit Imaging, a technology-focused ultrasound medical equipment support company, today announced the release of Summit Imaging Mobile, the mobile version of its comprehensive online support portal. Summit Imaging Mobile is the first mobile application to give clinical engineers full service ultrasound support, allowing them to submit support cases, connect directly to an equipment expert, and order new parts from wherever they are so they can get their facility’s machines back up and running in the shortest amount of time. 

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) launched HHS emPOWER Map, an interactive online tool that aims to aid community health agencies and emergency management officials in disaster preparedness as they plan ahead to meet the emergency needs of community residents who rely on electrically powered medical and assistive equipment to live independently at home.

Twenty-nine percent of U.S. broadband households own a connected health device—up from 27 percent a year ago—while 12 percent of broadband households own multiple connected health devices, according to research conducted by Dallas-based research and consulting firm Parks Associates.