Listen to Visualizing the 21st Century of Healthcare Today – HIMSS Panel on Federal News Radio

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been working with a team at Federal News Radio 1500 AM to produce a discussion panel with a nationally recognized panel of experts who shared their perspectives on a variety of health IT topics. 

They discussed:

• the strategic value of health IT to the United States,
• barriers faced in achieving interoperable health systems,
• inter-federal-agency initiatives in healthcare IT,
• diversity initiatives to ensure that no community is left behind, and
• examples of the best use of IT in healthcare settings.  

Panel members included:

Moderator:                                                                                                                                        Carla Smith, NCMN, FHIMSS                                                                                              Executive Vice President, HIMSS

Panelists:                                                                                                                                                     Honorable James B. Peake, MD
Senior Vice President
Health Industry
CGI Federal, Lieutenant General
USA (Ret) and U.S. Army Surgeon General (2000 – 2004)
Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (2007 – 2009)

David Hunt, MD, FACS                                                                                                                Medical Director, Office of Provider Adoption and Support                                                   Office of the National Coordinator                                                                                       Department of Health and Human Services

Charlene S. Underwood, MBA, FHIMSS
HIMSS Board Chairperson-Elect
Member, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’
 Health IT Policy Committee
Senior Director of Government and Industry Affairs
 Siemens Medical Solutions

You can download the panel discussion here. 

The panel is a perfect prelude to the Government Health IT Conference & Exhibition, happening June 14-15 at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, where such conversations will continue in person, with these and other national experts, including the new National Coordinator for Healthcare IT Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM.

We’d love to have you join these discussions and take part in the critical movement to create change.