Matthew Holt of Health 2.0 TV took the opportunity to sit down with Mark Leavitt, Chair of the CCHIT. They chat about a variety of topics from open source software to the future of personal health records.
Mark Leavitt, Chair, CCHIT from Health 2.0 on Vimeo.
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I find the dismissal of the web as a platform for HIT rather shocking. The web, as has been shown when applied in industry after industry, can bring about tremendous advantages simultaneously in the areas of innovation, speed of delivery, and the economics of IT solution delivery. I don’t buy the argument that somehow Health is “different” and inappropriate for the web. Granted, web-based HIT solutions definitely need to be shown to be functionally appropriate, dependable, and secure. However, these qualities have been demonstrated over, and over, and over again in web applications used in other major industries (e.g. Trillions of $$$ flowing through banking/investment/logistics/travel/… industries). Even the “Avionics” field that Mark uses as an example to argue his view relies on the web: The FAA over the last several years has been modernizing the Air Traffic Control systems with web-based applications. The web represents our best hope for broad-scale adoption of HIT in the country: it can offer the lowest possible cost, the fastest possible deployment, and the greatest opportunity for interoperability and data-sharing needed to achieve many of the HITECH act’s goals. The web (today’s dominant platform for all new IT), must be considered a viable platform for HIT solutions if we are to succeed in overhauling Healthcare industry, like we have done in all other industries.
I’ve been in healthcare for over 18 years. Mr.Leavitt is SPOT ON!
Remember – 50% of the doctors graduated in the bottom half of their class….we need outcomes data and best practices at their fingertips to make clincial decisions.
We are lucky to have secured Mr. Leavitt’s brain on this issue.
Mr. Leavitt – as our Revolutionary forefathers would say, “hold the line!”
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