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Dr. Vindell Washington, National Coordinator for Health IT at HHS

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Vindell Washington, National Coordinator for Health IT at the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the agency’s program to shift the health care industry from paper to electronic health records. Dr. Washington discusses the agency’s strategic plan for advancing those goals and for accelerating the creation of universal standards for health information exchange and the promotion of interoperability.

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