Robert Kolodner.Robert Kolodner, MD, is the interim national coordinator for health information technology at the American Medical Informatics medical informatics, n the field of information science concerned with the analysis and dissemination of medical data through the application of computers to various aspects of health care and medicine. Association (AMIA). Kolodner is a long-standing and prominent member of AMIA. He replaces Dr. David Brailer David Brailer is a public health official from the United States. Brailer was appointed the first National Health Information Technology Coordinator on May 6, 2004. In this role, he executed the actions ordered by President George W. , the nation's first coordinator of health care IT, who resigned in May. During his tenure as chief health informatics Health informatics or medical informatics is the intersection of information science, computer science and health care. It deals with the resources, devices and methods required to optimize the acquisition, storage, retrieval and use of information in health and biomedicine. officer at the Veterans Health Administration (VHA VHA Veterans Health Administration VHA Variable Housing Allowance VHA Villages Homeowners Association VHA Voluntary Hospitals Association VHA Virtual Home Agent VHA Very High Altitude VHA Vapor Hazard Area VHA Vermont Holstein-Friesian Association ), Kolodner made major contributions to health information technology in both government and the private sector. He has actively guided the VA activities in establishing a life-long, comprehensive computerized clinical record for the nations' veterans as well as strengthening the working relationship between VA and the Department of Defense. AMIA is an organization of leaders shaping the future of health information technology in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and abroad. AMIA is dedicated to the development and application of medical informatics in support of patient care, teaching, research, and health care administration. |
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