When it comes to national prosperity, there are few topics as pressing to explore as health care. Rising costs are staggering our nation's fiscal health, disparities in health are gaping, and the right care is delivered to patients less than half of the time. Farzad Mostashari, M.D., CEO of Aledade and U.S. National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (2011-2013), is an expert at the intersection of health care and information technology. He has led a groundbreaking effort to to enlist Health IT and large-scale data to reverse these trends and improve patient outcomes. What can be done by individuals and the priavte and public sectors to address these issues? Dr. Mostashari will provide a highly informed and detailed analysis of what it will take to set the nation on the road to the right care, what has been done thus far to achieve these goals, and the powerful role that multidimensional reform and health IT play in prevention, health and economic prosperity.
