From Hillary Rodham Clinton to former national coordinators for health IT, this year’s conference speakers packed valuable insight and expertise.

ONC’s annual meeting spotlighted the office’s new leader and top priorities for health IT this year.

ORLANDO--With all the pressures on healthcare, many organizations are embracing innovation as a means to help reduce costs while improving care quality and patient outcomes. Three representatives from organizations with innovation programs shared their experiences during a panel session at the Innovation Symposium at the Health Information and Management Systems Society annual conference.

ORLANDO--Health IT should be subject to randomized, unannounced, on-site inspections, said Dean Sittig, PhD, professor of biomedical informatics at the University of Texas Health Science Center, speaking during the Patient Safety Symposium at the Health Information and Management Systems Society’s annual conference.

ORLANDO—Health IT is advancing and improved use of healthcare data, along with new sources of information, is enhancing care, but challenges related to workflow and security must be met, according to Robert Wah, MD, who delivered the opening keynote for the Physicians’ IT Symposium ahead of the Health Information and Management Systems Society's annual conference.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has announced the selection of 15 provider and administrator champions to join the Health IT Fellows Program.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has posted a video for providers and professionals on five practice transformation initiatives: medical homes, accountable care organizations, the comprehensive primary care initiative, the state innovation models initiative and Million Hearts.

EHR systems and other electronic tools are likely to curb the demand for physicians in the future, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and The Commonwealth Fund.