02-23-12 | Blog Post
We’re (still) liveblogging from Las Vegas, site of the 12th Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, bringing together over 30,000 healthcare IT professionals and exhibitors. Visit us at booth #13528!
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11:17 A.M. ET – Getting an early seat for this morning’s keynote: Dr. Farzad Mostashari, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department HHS.
Speaker: Dr. Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Dr. Farzad Mostashari serves as National Coordinator for Health Information Technology within the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He joined ONC in July 2009. Previously, he served at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene as Assistant Commissioner for the Primary Care Information Project, where he facilitated the adoption of prevention-oriented health information technology by over 1,500 providers in underserved communities.
Dr. Mostashari also led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded NYC Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics and an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality funded project focused on quality measurement at the point of care. Prior to this he established the Bureau of Epidemiology Services at the NYC Department of Health, charged with providing epidemiologic and statistical expertise and data for decision making to the health department.
Read more about the other HIMSS ’12 keynote speakers here.
12:00 P.M. ET – Listening to Dr. Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM speak at the keynote.
1:04 P.M. ET – HIMSS ’12 is crowded – all 5 escalators of people!
