“Part of the challenge with noise, is that even when we have the information, we may not actually be able to act on that information. We need to put the power into the hands of the consumer.“- Aneesh Chopra’s presentation at Livongo’s annual conference.

Aneesh Chopra, Former U.S Chief Technology Officer […]

ORLANDO – HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf of Tuesday outlined the most pressing challenges healthcare in America and other countries face today. Those are an aging population, the chronic disease burden, geographic displacement, a lack of actionable information, challenged funding systems, increasingly demanding consumers and growing staff shortages. […]

The healthcare industry is poised to make considerable progress this year on data interoperability, fueled in large part by the continued, rapid scaling of Apple Health’s push for open, standards-based, consumer-directed health information exchange. A few months ago, I predicted on The Oliver Wyman Health Podcast that by the end of […]

Democrats and Republicans from three administrations spanning decades delivered a HIMSS keynote discussion where they declared bipartisan agreement on consumer centric interoperability. Aneesh Chopra helps us explore what this means for Health IT why now is the the best time develop consumer applications for health. Listen in now as Aneesh […]

Listen to Aneesh describe the role of data and analytics in transforming the US healthcare system and what he sees as the key factors that drive success in value-based care. He brings his years of expertise and leadership to a wide-ranging discussion on the history, politics, and technological innovation […]

As electronic health records (EHRs) have moved from paper to computers over the past decade — nearly 90% of office-based physicians now have an EHR — “Can’t you just look it up on the computer?” has become an increasing refrain from patients expecting their medical history to be at […]

At the start of 2018, StartUp Health sat down with Aneesh Chopra, the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States, to get his take on the challenges and trends shaping the future of healthcare. A lot has happened from January to November. In a fast-changing healthcare system, it can […]

Aneesh Chopra will be giving the keynote address at the Oliver Wyman Healthcare Summit in Dallas this week. Listen to his podcast here as a preview of his remarks! In this episode of the Oliver Wyman Health Podcast, Tom Robinson, Partner in the Health & Life Sciences practice at Oliver Wyman, […]

In a Q&A, the former U.S. chief technology officer offered his advice to health IT innovators and discussed the importance of collaboration between the public and private sectors. Aneesh Chopra, who previously served as Virginia’s secretary of technology, was tapped as the first chief technology officer of the United States in 2009. He held the position until 2012, but he hasn’t slowed down since then. [...]

Listen to Oleg Koujikov interview with Aneesh Chopra on DrChrono podcast, as they discuss Aneesh’s rich background in health and public policy, and talking in-depth about Meaningful Use standards, MACRA and MIPS. They also talk about hot topics for the modern day EHR, like what are FHIR standards and why […]

There was a time when Washington’s tech sector was dominated by three big names—Micro­Strategy, LivingSocial, Blackboard. But as those companies split apart or morphed into something other than the juggernauts they once were, they gave way to firms with names like Cofense, EverFi, EdgeConneX—hopeful, hip, made-up words that suggest something fresh and new on the scene. [...]

At the HLTH Conference held this week at the Aria Resort in Las Vegas, the session entitled “U.S. Government Investing in Health Innovations” stimulated candid, oftentimes-spirited discussion of the role of the federal government in promoting technological and service innovation in the U.S. healthcare system. [...]