The Preliminary Roadmap’s key recommendations fall into three broad categories: Creating a Technical Framework for Connectivity: The creation of a non-proprietary “network of networks” is…
The patient came into Indianapolis’ Wishard Memorial Hospital complaining of crushing chest pain, but was unable to give ER doctors his medical history. Based on…
First, the nation needs a well-defined, comprehensive privacy framework based on key policy and technology attributes that I will lay out. Second, while the entities…
More than 7 out of 10 Americans support the creation of a nationwide health information exchange or network for doctors and patients. They believe an…
Over 70 percent of those surveyed believe PHRs would improve the quality of health care. Over two-thirds would use PHR features that are or may…
In a keynote address at the NetSmart Connections 2008, Zoë Baird discusses the disruptive power of information technology to improve health care in the US.
Chairman Davis and distinguished members of the Committee on Government Reform, thank you for inviting me to meet with you today. Attention Has Intensified In…
While we do not offer a prescription for which innovations in care will be most effective in improving healthcare quality or reducing medical error, we…
Steve Downs, from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Francesca Gany, from New York University Medical Center; M. Chris Gibbons, from Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute; Cynthia…
