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. 

Department of Health and Human Services chief Sylvia Burwell announced that the agency will invest $28 million in health information exchange grants, according to Health IT Buzz, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s official blog.

EHR giant Cerner has finalized its $1.3 billion acquisition of Siemens Health Services, the U.S.-based health IT division of German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG, reports Clinical Innovation + Technology.

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.

The National Association for Trusted Exchange has demonstrated its new NATE Blue Button for Consumers Trust Bundle, which facilitates interoperability for patient-mediated exchange.

RESTON, Va.--QuadraMed Corporation today announced the company has entered into a joint venture called “Better Together” with LifeMed ID, Inc