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Surpassing the Clipboard: Integrating HIT Into Your Practice
on Heart Matters
Produced in Cooperation with American College of Cardiology
Use of electronic medical records (EMRs) and personal health records (PHRs) can improve adherence, increase efficiency and better coordinate patient care. What role are health information exchanges playing in the integration of EMRs and PHRs, and how effective are disease management software programs? How can we meet the challenges of integrating health information technology, or HIT, tools into cardiology practices? Dr. Richard Katz, the Bloedorn Professor of Cardiology, director of the division of cardiology at George Washington University Hospital, and director of the George Washington Cardiovascular Institute in Washington, DC, discusses the opportunities to utilize existing and emerging technologies to improve patient care. Dr. Katz also offers pragmatic advice about implementing HIT systems, and reviews current HIT initiatives. Hosted by Dr. Jack Lewin.
Dr. Jack Lewin is the chief executive officer of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), a position he has held since November 2006. Under his leadership, ACC has aspired to contribute greatly to national leadership in advocacy related to expanding access to care for uninsured persons, and in reforming Medicare, Medicaid, and the financing and delivery of quality health care. These efforts are part of ACC's mission to promote ‘heart health' and reductions in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide.Prior to coming to ACC, Dr. Lewin was the chief executive officer of the California Medical Association and its various subsidiary companies. Dr. Lewin was also formerly Hawaii's Director of Health from 1986-1994, a role through which he helped Hawaii achieve near-universal access to health care and revitalize statewide public health systems. In Hawaii, he was also the chief executive officer of the statewide 13-facility Community Hospital System.Before that, as a commissioned officer in the United States Public Heath Service, he was the founding director of the Navajo Nation Department of Health, serving the needs of America's largest Indian tribe, based in the three states of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.Trained in internal medicine, Dr. Lewin has also enjoyed many years of practicing primary care medicine during his career in Arizona, Hawaii, and California. He serves on numerous national boards and advisory bodies, including his work as founding president of the Physicians' Foundations, which are among the top ten health-related philanthropies in the nation, focused on promoting quality, patient safety, and health information technology adoption, and as president of the Patient Safety Institute. He was also an advisor on health policy to President Bill Clinton.Dr. Lewin received his bachelor's degree in biological sciences from the University of California, Irvine, and earned his medical doctorate from the University of Southern California. His hobbies include composing for piano, skiing, biking, kayaking, and long-distance running, having completed over 25 marathons. He and his wife Sandra have three children.
Dr. Richard Katz is the Bloedorn Professor of Cardiology, director of the George Washington Cardiovascular Institute, and director of the division of cardiology at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC.
Dr. Katz received his MD from New York University, and went on to complete an internship and residency in internal medicine at Bronx Municple Hospital/Albert Einstein, as well as at Boston City Hospital. He was also a cardiology fellow at Georgetown University.
He was the American College of Cardiology's governor for the District of Columbia from 1993-5. Dr. Katz serves on the editorial board of the British Journal of Cardiology. His particular research interests include coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure. In addition, Dr. Katz's current research in mobile health includes using phones to increase medication compliance in hypertension, and examining the effectiveness of cell phone intervention for self-management of diabetes.
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