Fierce Health Payers April 8, 2019
As a former Obama administration official, Karen DeSalvo, M.D., has devoted much of her career to the dream of true interoperability.
If there’s anything she learned, it’s that the healthcare system won’t be able to get there on its own.
“It’s a lot about technology, but where we need to get to as a country is truly putting the person first,” said DeSalvo, who served as acting assistant secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the Obama administration from 2014 to 2017. She also served as the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology from 2014 to 2016, where she set national strategy and policy on health IT.
“It’s their data and the business...