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HIMSS, CHIME and many high-ranking healthcare executives expect big things from a leader they see as highly qualified.

“You need to own your own career and to be open to the possibilities.

As we head into Congress' lame-duck session, the national policy agenda for healthcare CIOs will revolve around meaningful use, cybersecurity, ICD-10 and patient safety. At the CHIME 2014 Fall CIO Forum, Capitol Hill insiders offered strategies for managing the multitude of rules.

It's a simple enough question. The answer, however, might be difficult for many in the health IT realm to accept.

Among this week's people on the move, David Muntz joined GetWellNetwork as CIO.

While some observers wagered that he would succeed his colleague Farzad Mostashari, MD, as the new national coordinator, Principal Deputy David Muntz actually ended up departing ONC this past month alongside him. And as he announced his leave-taking, Muntz actually foreshadowed his next move.

Joining the interactive patient care vendor as CIO, former ONC deputy principal director David Muntz will draw on his policy and HIT experience to fuel patient-provider partnerships.

Among this week's people on the move, the ONC named Jacob Reider, MD, as acting national coordinator following the departure of Farzad Mostashari, MD, and David Muntz, MD.

As two top leaders prepare to leave health IT's highest government posts, another ONC official -- a family physician, who also spent some time working at an EHR company -- prepares to take the reins.

Both the ONC's national coordinator and principal deputy national coordinator are leaving the agency in October, closing one era and opening another under a new acting ONC chief.