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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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Dave deBronkart
PatientSite System User
Patient at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Dave deBronkart is a high tech marketing executive in the Boston area. A
patient at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, he was diagnosed in
January 2007 with Stage IV, Grade IV Renal Cell Carcinoma – a lethal form of
kidney cancer, with a median survival time after diagnosis of 5½ months. His
physician, Dr. Daniel Sands, teaches at Harvard University and maintains a
part-time primary care practice at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in
Boston, part of the CareGroup constellation of hospitals and clinics. He played
a key role in the development of CareGroup’s leading-edge I.T. system, which
includes a patient portal that allows patients to maintain their own electronic
health records, electronically book appointments and communicate with their
doctors. Sands uses the electronic health system to book appointments online
with specialists so his patients can avoid multiple doctor visits while
expediting the care that they receive. Prescriptions can be sent to a patient's
pharmacy for pick-up with the system automatically checking for possible
adverse reactions with the patient’s other medications and allergies. X-rays
and radiologist’s reports can be received online. Moreover, patients can enroll
in on-line support groups to learn more about their ailment and share
experiences with others who have received similar diagnoses.
The overall result was a tremendous increase in efficiency and effectiveness in
delivery of health care. This scenario contrasts with the delays in health
systems that don’t make effective use of information technologies.
After the filming of Healthcare 360, de Bronkart underwent a rigorous course of
treatment (high-dosage Interleuken 2). The treatment destroyed 87 percent of
his tumors. Today, he is doing much better and has become an outspoken advocate
for the value of using technology in health care.
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