Monday, November 28, 2016

Massachusetts Digital Health Council to Advise on State Health IT Growth

The Massachusetts Digital Health Council will advise the Governor and his administration in how to use health IT to improve care and job growth.


Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker declared the state’s Digital Health Council recently during its 1st meeting last week at the Massachusetts General Hospital Museum of Medical History and Innovation..


An offshot of the state’s Digital Health Initiative, the Council is a public-private coalition of industry experts planning to advise the Baker Administration on the state’s health IT use. These experts involve technology, healthcare delivery, insurance, medical device, life science, academic, and government experts.


The Digital Health Council will work to assist steer the state’s Digital Health Initiative, which Governor Baker announced in the year of January 2016. The Council will work with information developed from the Initiative to make a 3-year growth plan, and will sustain to support programs to carry out the plan and report yearly on its progress.

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