ORLANDO—Lakeland Healthcare saved millions of dollars by pursuing “fast and furious” EHR implementation, said Norma Tirado, MBA, vice president and CIO, at the Health Information and Management Systems Society's annual conference.

ORLANDO--“This coming year, we’ll spend more on healthcare than on everything else we buy combined,” said Ed Park, executive vice president and COO of athenahealth, during a talk at the Health Information and Management Systems Society annual conference. Park discussed the customer-centric success of Amazon and what healthcare can learn from the online giant.

ORLANDO--The Health Information and Management Systems Society annual conference offers members of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services the opportunity to feel the energy and buzz surrounding Meaningful Use, said Elizabeth Holland, director of the Health IT Initiatives Group at CMS, in an interview with Clinical Innovation + Technology News.

ORLANDO--During her keynote address at the Health Information and Management Systems Society annual conference, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Marilynn Tavenner offered the healthcare community no relief for looming compliance dates.