ORLANDO--Steward Health Care Network in Boston became one of five Pioneer accountable care organizations in January 2012 which meant it had 90 days to start meeting numerous requirements.

ORLANDO—The role of the CMIO is evolving and expanding beyond the support of applications to include responsibility for larger, organization-wide operational and strategic objectives, according to a presentation at the Health Information and Management Systems Society's annual conference.

The CommonWell Health Alliance, the health IT vendor-led interoperability coalition, has expanded again.

ORLANDO--Five percent of patients consume 43 percent of total healthcare costs. To drive down expenditures, the healthcare industry needs to target the most chronically ill patients, who are managed by multiple physicians and often take as many as 25 prescription medications, said Mark T. Bertolini, chairman, CEO and president of Aetna in his keynote speech at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society annual meeting.

It’s the first official day of HIMSS14 but we attended several of the pre-conference symposia yesterday to get you up to speed on the latest health IT news. Here’s what you need to know.

ORLANDO—Patient engagement is not a goal, it’s a strategy, according to a lecture delivered during the Physicians’ IT Symposium ahead of the Health Information and Management Systems Society's annual conference.

ORLANDO–-When it comes to interoperability, “build in incremental steps and don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good,” said Doug Fridsma, MD, PhD, chief science officer, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's pre-conference Interoperability Symposium.

Samsung Electronics and the University of California-San Francisco will partner to accelerate validation and commercialization of promising new sensors, algorithms and digital health technologies for preventive health solutions by establishing the UCSF-Samsung Digital Health Innovation Lab.