Wed, Nov 1, 2023

11:30 AM – 1 PM EDT (GMT-4)

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“Sparking a Data Revolution in Healthcare: Conversations with Leaders from Government, Industry, and Innovators”

Part 2: Government’s Role and Outlook - “Igniting the FHIR”
Wednesday Nov. 1
Location: E62-550
Time: 11:30am - 1pm
Lunch will be provided in person.
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Speaker:
Aneesh Chopra, Co-Founder & President, CareJourney, Author, Innovative State
In 2009, President Barack Obama appointed Chopra as the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States. In this position, he was responsible for promoting innovation and using technology to address various national challenges. Chopra played a key role in initiatives such as the Health Data Initiative, which aimed to make health information more accessible to the public, “sparking” the healthcare data interoperability efforts via FHIR.  
In 2014, Chopra authored The Innovative State: How New Technologies Can Transform Government. Chopra became the co-founder and president of CareJourney.

Moderators:
Anne Quaadgras, Director, MIT Sloan Health Systems Initiative
Doug Williams, Product Lead, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship

Aneesh will be participating live via Zoom. Anne and Doug will be in person.
 

This is part 2 of a 3-part series; attend any or all
Part 3: Nov 15 - What This Means for Innovators: Cloud, Generative AI, Genomics

 

Speakers

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Anne Quaadgras

Director

MIT Sloan Health Systems Initiative

Anne Quaadgras is the Director of the MIT Sloan Health Systems Initiative and a Senior Lecturer at  MIT Sloan.



Her work focuses on health systems transformation, and the role of information technology in supporting that change.



Prior to her doctoral work, Anne was a management consultant for fifteen years, specializing in improving decision-making and investment processes in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and financial services industries.



She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in chemical engineering from MIT. Anne earned her doctorate in information systems at Boston University, where her dissertation research explored how globally distributed groups of experts recognize and respond to operational problems.


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Aneesh Chopra

Co-Founder & President

CareJourney

Author, Innovative State



In 2009, President Barack Obama appointed Chopra as the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States. In this position, he was responsible for promoting innovation and using technology to address various national challenges. Chopra played a key role in initiatives such as the Health Data Initiative, which aimed to make health information more accessible to the public, “sparking” the healthcare data interoperability efforts via FHIR.



In 2014, Chopra authored The Innovative State: How New Technologies Can Transform Government. Chopra became the co-founder and president of CareJourney.



Aneesha Chopra on Wikipedia

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