Addressing the federal Health IT Policy Committee at its May 12 meeting, National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, said she would remain in her current position "for some time" as she awaits confirmation by the U.S. Senate for the role of assistant secretary of health.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT named six winners of its inaugural Market R&D Pilot Challenge, designed to help startups connect with healthcare organizations to evaluate their technologies in real-world care environments.

Welltok, developers of the CafeWell Health Optimization Platform, announced that the Centura Health Heart and Vascular Network is implementing a new consumer engagement solution called CafeWell Concierge, an app powered by IBM Watson. 

Using structured and unstructured data in an EHR together can improve medication reconciliation and detect discrepancies between medication orders and patient adherence, according to a study published inBMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.

KPMG has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Beacon Partners, a healthcare consulting firm that offers strategic management and clinical and information technology consulting services to healthcare providers. 

Federal authorities have subpoenaed records related to the Massachusetts Health Connector, including a period covering the breakdown of the healthcare exchange's website 

In his latest piece for The New Yorker, Atul Gwande, MD, addresses the high rate of wasteful medical care. 

FORT COLLINS, Colo., May 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- As mobile device usage has exploded over the last 5 years, it has enabled the development of a highly disruptive approach to delivering goods and services to people.