This 8th annual National Health IT Week serves as an opportunity to shine a spotlight on the initiatives, goals and successes of the federal government and numerous industry associations related to health IT as one fiscal year winds down and we gear up for a new year.

With the ICD-10 compliance start date a little over one year away, it is imperative to start planning for the transition now, according to speakers at Health Language’s webinar on Sept. 17.

National Health IT Week serves as an opportunity to share federal strategies and objectives for programs such as Meaningful Use, ICD-10, quality measurements, administrative simplification and health information exchange, said Robert Tagalicod, director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of eHealth & Standards, in an interview with Clinical Innovation + Technology.

An online resource to help healthcare providers effectively engage patients in choosing how they want their electronic patient health information shared was launched by the Department of Health & Human Services.

NORWALK, Conn., Sept. 16, 2013 – Xerox (NYSE: XRX) was designated as one of the best positioned business process outsourcing (BPO) providers to support health insurance companies in complying with the Affordable Care Act.

After reviewing 590 federal IT investments, the Government Accountability Office identified 12 potentially duplicative investments at three key federal agencies which account for about $321 million in IT spending from 2008 through 2013.

Speaking during a webinar that kicked off National Health IT Week, Robert Tagalicod, director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ' Office of E-Health Standards and Services, said that the designated week serves as an opportunity for the agency to share its strategy for electronic data-driven healthcare over the next five years.

In honor of National Health IT week, I'm pleased to address the query, what is the value of health IT?