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. [...]

Aneesh Chopra said that the healthcare industry needs to start looking at privacy and ethics, especially in the midst of recent Cambridge Analytics and Facebook problems. That is as true among upstarts and innovators as anywhere else. Chopra, who is the president of Care Journey and formerly served as White […]

On May 3, 2017, Aneesh Chopra testified before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee on the state of working America. In his testimony he called for opening government data, adding “wholesale” options to government digital services, and integrating open data in “pay for success” service delivery models. Read testimony […]