Last week, the foundation, along with The Commonwealth Fund and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, supported the Association of Health Care Journalists in holding a workshop on health information technology. The workshop gave journalists a look at the roles of government, the tech industry, health care providers and consumers in the ever-expanding and complex world of health IT. The day-a-half-long program included sessions on how to make health IT stories local; gauging technology’s impact on the quality of care; what big data means for medicine; and more. A special guest address was given by the newly named national coordinator for health information technology at the U.S. department of health and human services, Dr. Vindell Washington. See the full program here and read a summary, “Potential, implementation struggles of health IT highlighted at workshop,” from reporter Rebecca Vesely.
Rebecca is also the Association of Health Care Journalist’s topic leader on health information technology, producing content for journalists through the association’s website here. While there are hundreds of health and health care-related topics covered in news and feature stories every day, the Association of Health Care Journalists believes there is a core set of topics that today’s health journalists need to master to cover the beat well – and health IT is one of them. Support for the health IT core topic curriculum comes from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
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