The Health Information Management and Systems Society has submitted four recommendations to Congress to help healthcare achieve interoperability.

Summa Health System, based in Akron, Ohio, has entered into an accountable care agreement with Humana, reports Crain's Cleveland Business.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT held its annual meeting this week so there was much discussion about interoperability, value-based care, population health, patient engagement and more.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The OpenNotes effort to allow patients access to their own records has grown significantly over the past few years and John Mafi, MD, discussed at the ONC 2015 Annual Meeting the recent $450,000 grant from The Commonwealth Fund to develop OurNotes, an initiative to promote active patient engagement in health and illness that invites patients to contribute to their own EMRs.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The eagerly anticipated interoperability roadmap is a “meaty document,” National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, said at the ONC 2015 Annual Meeting.

The largest insurer and the largest healthcare provider in Kansas are forming an accountable care organization to lower costs, reports KCUR. 

The American Medical Association (AMA) is joining with recently launched healthcare technology incubator Matter to create the AMA Interaction Studio at Matter, a simulated healthcare space for physicians and entrepreneurs to team up on the development and testing of new technologies.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Former national coordinators for health IT came together at the 2015 ONC Annual Meeting to discuss the unique challenges of health IT over the past 10 years.