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Automation of health care: first czar of health information technology takes the helm.(Practice Trends)
Dr. David J. Brailer has an ambitious job description--to aid the widespread deployment of health information technology within 10 years.
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson appointed Dr. Brailer as the first National Health Information Technology Coordinator in May.
In this new post, he's the federal government's point person charged with spurring the adoption of health information systems throughout the industry.
"The automation of health care is inevitable," Dr. Brailer said at a meeting sponsored by the Center for Health Transformation. "We're not at the if stage anymore, we're at the when stage."
But that change won't automatically be a positive one, and Dr. Brailer said he plans to work to make sure the change is a welcome one for both physicians and patients.
Dr. Brailer, who is board certified in internal medicine, was most recently a senior fellow at the Health Technology Center in San Francisco, which is a nonprofit research group. He was also the chairman and CEO of CareScience, Inc., a provider of care management services and Internet-based solutions.
Dr. Brailer also designed one of the first ...
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