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[mphise-talk] Workshop Summary Notes

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From: "Caneva, Duane C." <Duane_C._Caneva@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:26:06 -0400
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Here are some summary notes from the MPHISE Workshop.  I am still trying
to wade through a path ahead and look forward to identifying the way
ahead.
Best,
Duane    (01)

Duane C. Caneva, MD, FACEP
Director, Medical Preparedness Policy
White House Homeland Security Council
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DCaneva@xxxxxxxxxxx    (02)


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From: mphise-talk-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mphise-talk-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter P. Yim
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 8:28 PM
To: mphise-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mphise-talk] David Blumenthal from the Harvard Medical School
to become the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology -
health IT / InformationWeek - 2009.03.23    (03)

Of interest to this team (if this hasn't come across your radar 
screen yet) ...    (04)

Excerpt:
//
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has tapped the 
head of Harvard Medical School to oversee President Barack 
Obama's health IT plans.    (05)

HHS announced Friday that the Obama administration had chosen 
David Blumenthal, a Harvard Medical School professor, to become 
the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. 
Blumenthal's mission is to lead the transition to an 
interoperable health IT infrastructure, as outlined in the 
stimulus package.    (06)

The stimulus plan contains nearly $20 billion for health IT, with 
a goal of adopting an interoperable system by 2014. The federal 
government has estimated that it could cut health care costs by 
$12 billion over 10 years with the modernization. ..."    (07)

Full story at: 
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=21620004
4     (08)

//    (09)

One might also be interested in reading the commentary by Ron 
Preston (InformationWeek) entitled: "Down To Business: Health 
Care IT Gets Dragged Into The 21st Century"
at: 
http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/stimulus/showArticle.jhtm
l?articleID=215901331     (010)





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