BOSTON—“If we use technology correctly and efficiently, doctors are going to have time to take care of everybody,” said Lyle Berkowitz, MD, associate chief medical officer of innovation at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, delivering the keynote address of the 2014 AMDIS Fall Symposium.

Person-centered care, propelled by technology, care planning and integration, can improve outcomes, lower costs and bolster efficiency, according to speakers at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s Oct. 16 webinar that focused on person-centered care.

Forty three individuals are now allowed to resume their normal activities after spending weeks quarantined due to their potential exposure to the Ebola virus, reports The New York Times.

Livonia, Mich., and Waltham, Mass., October 16, 2014 – CHE Trinity Health, one of the nation’s leading healthcare systems, and Quantia, Inc. (Quantia), a pioneer in physician engagement and alignment, today announced a partnership that will help physicians across CHE Trinity Health’s 20-state network share knowledge, advice and clinical expertise quickly and conveniently.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is launching a five-city tour to explore how health data can be harnessed to help people live healthier lives, according to the foundation.

How prepared is the U.S. for Ebola? How does Ebola affect pediatric patients? Two articles published in the Journal of the American Medical Association attempt to answer these questions.

A new partnership between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Massachusetts General Hospital supports projects to accelerate the development of diagnostic tools and therapies.

A Health IT Policy Committee subgroup is calling for a public-private collaborative consortium to handle the intricacies of health information exchange governance.