While not everyone can make it to the NYeC 2012 Digital Health Conference, John is making sure everyone can enjoy parts of the conference from home. Dr. David J. Brailer, former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and current Chairman of Health Evolution Partners, is a keynote speaker at this week’s conference, and spoke today on HIT.
Throughout the presentation, John live tweeted some highlights, as well as his own thoughts. Here are some of his tweets — if you want to see more, be sure to follow @EHRandHIT on Twitter.
“Health IT is bipartisan.” -David Brailer #dhc12
— EMR, EHR and HIT(@ehrandhit) October 15, 2012
The message for health IT is that It Is Never Done. -David Brailer #DHC12
— EMR, EHR and HIT(@ehrandhit) October 15, 2012
We have to make the HIE irrevocable. EHR is irrevocable.Sometimes I feel HIE is and sometimes I feel it isn’t. -David Brailer #DHC12
— EMR, EHR and HIT(@ehrandhit) October 15, 2012
If we fail at having HIE live and breathe, then we will fail at other key initiatives that healthcare is suppose to do. -Dr. Brailer #DHC12
— EMR, EHR and HIT(@ehrandhit) October 15, 2012
In every industry where IT has happened, it has shifted power away from the large companies and to the consumer.#dhc12
— EMR, EHR and HIT(@ehrandhit) October 15, 2012
I wouldn’t give serious thought to the bill in congress calling to halt meaningful use.-David Brailer #dhc12
— EMR, EHR and HIT(@ehrandhit) October 15, 2012
For a previous government guy, David Brailer is a really strong free market guy.#dhc12
— EMR, EHR and HIT(@ehrandhit) October 15, 2012
The FDA gets more authority whenever there’s a crisis. It could happen with IT. #dhc12
— EMR, EHR and HIT(@ehrandhit) October 15, 2012
HIPAA is a great way for an organization to not participate in an HIE if they don’t want to.#dhc12
— EMR, EHR and HIT(@ehrandhit) October 15, 2012
If you present at the conference, what were some favorite insights from Dr. Brailer?