Farzad Mostashari news and information

The 300 nominees for Modern Healthcare's 12th annual 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare competition.
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As Oregon's governor, Dr. John Kitzhaber brought Democrats and Republicans together to reform his state's Medicaid program, and he brought doctors and lawyers together to advance tort reform.
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Before the release of the omnibus privacy rule earlier his year, or passage of the more stringent privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or even the main federal health information privacy law, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, there...
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A coalition of five electronic health-record developers created a buzz and a controversy last month when they announced they were forming the CommonWell Health Alliance to promote health information exchange.
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Modern Healthcare asks industry leaders such as Dr. William Bria, Dr. Farzad Mostashari and Dr. Eric Topol to identify the next big healthcare apps.
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Mobile healthcare apps are multiplying fast and putting a vast array of new tools in the hands of patients and the providers who deliver their care. The pace and scope of innovation makes it hard to imagine what app developers will create next. So we put the question to some of the thinkers in the...
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A pair of new reports from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology deserve your click-throughs.
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Now that many office-based physicians and a majority of hospitals have used electronic health-records systems for a year or longer, the federal government will work on nudging providers to get better at sharing the contents.
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Paul Barr, reporter for Modern Healthcare, runs through highlights of the last day of the HIMSS 2013 Annual Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans, which included a keynote by Dr. Farzad Mostashari, national coordinator for health information technology at HHS.
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“It hasn't always been smooth,” but major progress has been made on health IT, Marilyn Tavenner said.
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