President Barack Obama has tapped David Blumenthal, M.D. (left), as HHS National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, an entity that will have heavy influence over the spending of about $20 billion in Stimulus funding for HIT. Blumenthal was previously director of the Institute for Health Policy at Mass. General Hospital/Partners Healthcare System, Boston.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Health IT Czar named by Obama
President Barack Obama has tapped David Blumenthal, M.D. (left), as HHS National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, an entity that will have heavy influence over the spending of about $20 billion in Stimulus funding for HIT. Blumenthal was previously director of the Institute for Health Policy at Mass. General Hospital/Partners Healthcare System, Boston.
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