Health IT Leader To Leave Post, Return to Academia
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology David Blumenthal has announced that he is leaving his post this spring to return to a faculty position at Harvard University. Blumenthal was named to the position in March 2009 and oversaw development of the meaningful use program, in which health care providers who demonstrate meaningful use of electronic health records can qualify for Medicaid and Medicare incentive payments under the 2009 economic stimulus package.
- "Health IT Chief To Step Down" (Galewitz/Weaver, Kaiser Health News/Washington Post, 2/4).