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Pilot Program
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Health IT and How it Impacts the Quality of Health Care in America |
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Meet the Panel
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Carolyn Clancy, M.D.
Director
AHRQ
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Alan G. Merten, Ph.D.
President
George Mason University
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Alison Rein
Former Assistant Director Food and Health Policy
National Consumers League
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Gregory Bentz, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Medical Officer
INOVA Loudon Hospital
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Theresa M. Davis, R.N., M.S.N.
Operations Director/Patient Care Director eICU
INOVA Health System
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Gregg Meyer, M.D., M.Sc.
Senior VP for Quality and Patient Safety
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Robert M. Kolodner, M.D.
National Coordinator
Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT
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Dave deBronkart
PatientSite System User
Patient at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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Steven E. Wojcik
Vice President, Public Policy
National Business Group on Health
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Deven McGraw
Chief Operating Officer
National Partnership for Women & Families
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Geoffrey Brown, Ph.D.
Sr. VP/Chief Information Officer IT
INOVA Health System
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Robert M. Kolodner, M.D.
National Coordinator
Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT
On April 19, 2007, Robert M. Kolodner, M.D. was appointed to the position of
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (HIT). He served as the
Interim National Coordinator for HIT since September 2006. Dr. Kolodner will
continue to lead the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) in making steady
progress towards advancing the President's Health IT initiative. His experience
in patient care, health IT, and government is invaluable to such efforts.
Dr. Kolodner comes from the Veterans Health Administration in the Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA), where he has been serving as Chief Health Informatics
Officer and has been involved with the development and oversight of VistA –
VA's electronic health records systems – and My HealtheVet – VA's Personal
Health Record for veterans.
Dr. Kolodner's long-standing interest in computers led to his early involvement
with VA's efforts to use automation in support of mental health care. He was a
key clinical leader for the Decentralized Hospital Computer Program, VA's
healthcare information system starting in 1983 as chair of the Mental Health
Special Interest Users Group, in 1989 as co-chair of the interdisciplinary
Clinical Record Special Interest Users group, and in 1991 as chair of the
Clinical Application Requirements Group.
In 1993, Dr. Kolodner moved to Washington, DC into a health IT management
position as the Director of the Medical Information Resources Management
Office, leading all health automation activities in VA. In 1996 Dr. Kolodner
was selected as Associate Chief Information Officer for Enterprise Strategy in
the newly created Office of Information in the Veterans Health Administration.
Since 1997 Dr. Kolodner has been actively involved in overseeing, promoting,
and guiding VA activities related to the establishment of a life-long,
comprehensive, computerized clinical record for military personnel and our
nation's veterans. He fostered the idea for the creation of My HealtheVet – a
health portal for veterans and their families to access health information,
tools and services via the Internet. He was also instrumental in establishing
the Federal Health Information Exchange program – an interagency health
technology initiative that supports improving care to veterans – and
strengthening the working relationship between VA and the Department of
Defense.
Dr. Kolodner received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College and his
medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine. He completed a clinical
fellowship in Medicine at Harvard University School of Medicine and his
Psychiatric residency at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Kolodner
has medical specialty board certification in psychiatry.
He is a member of numerous professional societies, task forces and editorial
boards. He has authored and co-authored articles, book chapters and books in
medical and medical informatics literature and has lectured on medical
informatics throughout the United States.
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