Hosted by Helen Osborne, M.Ed., OTR/L
Podcast provided courtesy of Health Literacy Consulting

David Blumenthal MD, MPP serves as the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (or Health IT) under President Barack Obama. Dr. Blumenthal is charged with building a secure nationwide health information system and supporting the widespread, meaningful use of Health IT.

Dr. Blumenthal’s credentials are extensive. He not only was a practicing primary care physician but also is a renowned researcher and national authority on health IT. Dr. Blumenthal serves on numerous national boards and has authored over 200 scholarly publications, including “Heart of Power: Health and Politics in the Oval Office,” which tells the history of U.S. Presidents’ involvement in health reform, from FDR through George W. Bush.

In this podcast, Dr. Blumenthal talks with Helen Osborne about:

• What Health IT is and why it’s needed in healthcare today.
• How Health IT benefits providers, researchers, and patients.
• Concerns about Health IT and work being done to address them.
• What an ideal Health IT world would look like 20 years from now.