Scott Young, from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Allison Rein, from National Consumers League; Holt Anderson, from North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance; and Micky Tripathi, from Massachusetts e-Health Collaborative, discuss how health IT, through the use of EHRs, PHRs and Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs), can improve patient health, population health, and overall efficiency, while decreasing costs.