Michael J. McCoy, MD, recently joined the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) as chief health information officer and has spent the last several weeks adjusting to life in the public sector.

Athenahealth has been in the headlines in recent months due to the company’s efforts to champion interoperability through the CommonWell Health Alliance, reports of its customers’ high rate of successful Meaningful Use attestation and expansion into the ambulatory EHR market. 

KPMG has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the assets of healthcare consultancy Beacon Partners. 

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has submitted a report to Congress on information blocking, which prevents the sharing of patient information--a vital part of the national goal of seamless data sharing.

The number of hospitals sending electronic lab reports to public health agencies is increasing and is on track to meet future goals according to a progress update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

A new effort to drive cost transparency in healthcare comes in the form of a coalition of consumer advocacy organizations, drugmakers, insurers and providers that launched "Clear Choices."

The 90-day period to submit comments on the draft interoperability roadmap came to a close one week ago, and lots of stakeholders had lots to say about it. 

KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, announced it will bring its patient app, HealtheLife(SM), to Apple Watch.