BOSTON—High-risk patients with comorbidities more often than not have mental health conditions, and several initiatives are underway to integrate behavioral health and primary care to more effectively treat these patients, according to speakers at the 2014 Center for Connected Health Symposium on Oct. 23.

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives is expanding its ranks to chief technology officers (CTOs) and chief application officers (CAOs). The group traditionally has served CIOs, and earlier this year launched a new trade group for chief security officers and chief information security officers.

The exodus from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) continues as Deputy National Coordinator Jacob Reider, MD, made it known that he will depart the agency at the end of November.

Earlier today I was sure that our coverage of the 2014 AMDIS Fall Symposium were the most impactful health IT headlines of the week. Then came the news late this afternoon that Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, has left her post as head of the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT to help manage the Ebola crisis.

BOSTON—Is the concept of an innovation center outmoded? That was the idea posed by Sachin Jain, MD, MBA, chief medical information and innovation officer at Merck and Company, who spoke during a session at the 2014 AMDIS Fall Symposium.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has hired a new chief privacy officer.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has welcomed its latest group of health IT fellows.

The Department of Health & Human Services has awarded RTI International, a N.C.-based global research institute, a contract to create a roadmap for the development of a national health IT safety center.