Healthcare reform may still be up in the air, but this much is certain: Health information technology will be the foundational element in any reform effort — and contractors will play an important role. That was made clear this past year by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and accompanying HITECH Act. From electronic health [...]
Present: Chief Medical Officer, North American Public Sector, CSC; also serves on the American Medical Association’s Board of Trustees Career highlights: Wah began his career as a reproductive endocrinologist with a Harvard Medical School fellowship. He went on to serve as vice chairman of OB-GYN department at San Diego Naval Hospital. In 2001, began working [...]
On Monday, President Barack Obama met with industry leaders to discuss a long elusive goal: how to save money in the pursuit of more efficient healthcare nationwide. “What’s brought us all together today is a recognition that we can’t continue down the same dangerous road we’ve been traveling — the costs are out of control,” [...]
Robert Wah is CSC’S chief medical officer and a vice president in the company’s North American Public Sector organization. Here he discusses the next big hurdle for healthcare efficiency nationwide, and how the government contracting community can be part of the solution. How healthcare IT will play out is still uncertain. Which projects do you [...]
