Gist Healthcare Daily delivers our take on the top healthcare business and policy news in under 10 minutes. Former U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra shares his thoughts on efforts by the Trump administration to ensure consumers have free access to all of their health data. And an update on […]

MedStar Health has launched a new tool that automatically calculates a patient’s risk of having a heart attack or stroke and displays it in their electronic health record with colorful, easy to read, and interactive graphics. For the first time, patients who visit MedStar Health cardiology, primary care, family medicine, […]

Each year Business Health Agenda (BHA) brings together leaders in employer-sponsored health care, their industry partners and innovators for a conversation about the key current health care topics. Aneesh Chopra, President of CareJourney, joins as keynote speakers to participate in thought-provoking discussions and gather insights from influential speakers and leading […]

Be mindful of where to allocate energy, decide what you can and cannot do and be ready for personal worst-case scenarios — those are just some pieces of advice CEOs and executives say stuck with them over time. Aneesh Chopra points to Advisory Board Company founder David Bradley for instilling […]

Epic Systems is urging its health system customers to take a stand against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed rules to make it easier to share patient data. Former White House Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra expressed frustration over Epic’s move. “It is unfortunate to see this […]

“We’ve historically seen hospital systems make these decisions independently of their medical record provider,” said Aneesh Chopra, the president of health-technology company CareJourney and the former chief technology officer of the United States. “It will be interesting to see if Epic’s thumb on the scale moves cloud market share.”

CareJourney data will be used to study a range of issues, including care coordination and quality, cost-sharing and benefit design, maternal health, prescription drugs, and public health. In 2017, the RWJF launched the Health Data for Action (HD4A) program, managed by AcademyHealth. In this newest iteration, the HD4A program doubled […]

Aneesh Chopra presented the keynote session “Transforming the Profession Through Data and Innovation” at the 2020 O&P Leadership Conference in Clearwater, FL., an invite only event for CEOs, COOs, and other top-level executives from AOPA member companies. The conference focuses on executive level discussions around harnessing data and innovation to […]

The financial commitments to health tech startups made by leaders like Amedisys and Almost Family showcase the ways the home health care industry is spurring the digital evolution of clinical care. Almost Family, a national home health care agency, made a strategic investment four years ago in CareJourney, previously known as […]

Apple and the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Wednesday that veterans can now access their health information on their iPhone via Apple’s health records service. “I applaud this commitment to opening up APIs in the spirit of current rule-making,” said Aneesh Chopra, the former chief technology officer of the U.S. […]

Aneesh Chopra was the first CTO of the United States. Since then, he has been involved with government initiatives including the President’s Strategy for American Innovation, Startup America, the Open Innovator’s Toolkit and Blue Button. Today, he’s President of CareJourney, an open data membership service building a rating system for […]

As HHS gears up to finalize long-awaited rules on interoperability and information-blocking, much of the industry has focused on their likelihood to spur a market of new patient-facing apps. But the rules will also open new opportunities for some longstanding interoperability players: health information exchanges. HIEs […]