Discussion with Dr. David Blumenthal

I was honored to have a wide ranging conversation with Dr. David Blumenthal today. The primary topics centered around transparency at the ONC, HITREC and communities of shared learning, Personal Health Records and how they fit within the strategic vision of the ONC, and finally overcoming challenges to adoption of electronic health records for rural providers, critical access hospitals and small practices.

Some of the material that is helpful as you listen along:

ONC Blog - http://healthit.hhs.gov/blog/onc/

Institute for Health Improvement - http://www.ihi.org/ihi

Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians
by Catherine M. DesRoches, Dr.P.H., Eric G. Campbell, Ph.D., Sowmya R. Rao, Ph.D., Karen Donelan, Sc.D., Timothy G. Ferris, M.D., M.P.H., Ashish Jha, M.D., M.P.H., Rainu Kaushal, M.D., M.P.H., Douglas E. Levy, Ph.D., Sara Rosenbaum, J.D., Alexandra E. Shields, Ph.D., and David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P. - http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/359/1/50

"Information Technology Comes to Medicine" by David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P., and John P. Glaser, Ph.D. - http://www.ipalc.org/EMR/Information%20Technology%20Comes%20to%20Medicine%20(NEJM%206-14-2007).pdf

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