WASHINGTON, D.C.—“This is the year of empowering the connected health ecosystem,” Aneesh Chopra, former U.S. chief technology officer, told attendees during a panel discussion at the 2015 ONC Annual Meeting on Feb. 2.

WASHINGTON, D.C.--The Federal Health IT Strategic Plan (2015-2020) is the backbone of many initiatives emerging from the Department of Health and Human Services, including the interoperability roadmap, the precision medicine initiative and the agency’s move toward pay-for-performance, according to speakers at the Office of the National Coordinator’s Annual Meeting on Feb. 2.

WASHINGTON, D.C.--The healthcare provider community is ready to see a return on their IT investment, said National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, kicking off the 2015 Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT Annual Meeting on Feb. 2.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has unveiled its highly-anticipated roadmap for interoperability, reports Clinical Innovation + Technology. 

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--InterSystems, a global leader in software for connected healthcare, today announced that the InterSystems HealthShare® informatics platform has successfully completed the eHealth Exchange Product Testing Program. 

VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 30, 2015-- OSTAR Healthcare Technology, a Washington StateBased TeleHealth Solutions company, announced the North American launch of yet another first in theirCellular TeleHealth Blood Pressure Monitoring System. 

Two big issues we face in 2015 are Meaningful Use (MU) and ICD-10—both contentious in that they aren’t measuring up to their promise.

Rhode Island’s first Medicare Shared Savings ACO used several strategies to achieve system-wide change.