Health Information Technology Audioconferences: Faculty Materials

Health Information Technology Summit - The Leading Forum on the Development and Adoption of Electronic Health Records...Nationally and Globally

Background Materials

The following links are posted as background materials for the June 14th Audiconference.

National HIT Audioconference: One on One with the New National Health Information Technology Coordinator - Meet David J. Brailer, MD, Ph.D.

FACULTY MATERIALS

Biographies:
David Brailer, MD, Ph.D.
John Iglehart

President's Executive Order Creating a Health Information Technology Coordinator
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/20040427-4.html

Department of Health and Human Services May 6, 2004 News Release: Secretary Thompson, Seeking Fastest Possible Results, Names First Health Information Technology Coordinator
http://www.dhhs.gov/news/press/2004pres/20040506.html

President Unveils Tech Initiatives for Energy, Health Care, Internet, April 26, 2004
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/20040426-6.html

Transforming Health Care: The President's Health Information Technology Plan
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/technology/economic_policy200404/chap3.html

Department of Health and Human Services May 6, 2004 Fact Sheet: Harnessing Information Technology to Improve Health Care
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2004pres/20040427a.html

SNOMED CT: National Library of Medicine's Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) Metathesaurus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/

Use and Adoption of Computerized Medical Records
Prepared for the California healthCare Foundation
By David J. Brailer, MD, Ph.D. and Emi L. Terasawa
http://www.chcf.org/documents/ihealth/UseAdoptionComputerizedPatientRecords.pdf

FACULTY RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS

The HIT Audioconference faculty have agreed to respond to emailed questions following the audioconference. You may email your questions to:

David Brailer, MD, Ph.D.

david@brailer-rhoa.com

John K. Iglehart

jiglehart@projecthope.org