Health IT

On Topic

The effective adoption and use of health information technology can provide significant support for broader efforts to reform health care in the United States, plus reduce health care costs and medical errors. Brookings experts explore the benefits of health IT and, in particular, how it can improve the quality of health care, and make the system more cost-effective in the long term.

A production assistant works at a biosciences laboratory in Michigan. (REUTERS/Rebecca Cook)

Past Event

State of Biomedical Innovation Conference

June 27, 2012

On June 27, the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings hosted the State of Biomedical Innovation Conference in Washington, DC.

Recent Activity

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Paper

How Mobile Devices are Transforming Healthcare

May 22, 2012, Darrell M. West
Paper

Health Information Exchanges and Megachange

February 8, 2012, Allan A. Friedman and Darrell M. West
Paper

Evaluating Community-Based Reforms in Care for Chronic Conditions: A Multi-Payer Template for Information Technology Initiatives

December 29, 2011, Cary Sennett, MD, PhD, Karen Matsuoka, DPhil, MPhil , S. Lawrence Kocot, Mark B. McClellan and Molly Chidester
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Enabling Personalized Medicine through Health Information Technology: Advancing the Integration of Information

January 28, 2011, Darrell M. West
Report

Bending the Curve through Health Reform Implementation

October 2010, Joseph Antos, PhD, John Bertko, Michael Chernew, PhD, David Cutler, PhD, Francois de Brantes, Dana Goldman, PhD, Bob Kocher, Mark B. McClellan, Elizabeth McGlynn, PhD, Mark Pauly, PhD, Leonard Schaeffer and Stephen Shortell, PhD
Paper

Customer-Driven Medicine: How to Create a New Health Care System

October 8, 2009, Darrell M. West
Report | Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform

Bending the Curve: Effective Steps to Address Long-Term Health Care Spending Growth

September 2009, Joseph Antos, John Bertko, Michael Chernew, David Cutler, Dana Goldman, Mark B. McClellan, Elizabeth McGlynn, Mark Pauly, Leonard Schaeffer and Stephen Shortell
Report | Bipartisan Policy Center

Improving Quality and Value in the U.S. Health Care System

August 2009, Niall Brennan, Nicole Cafarella, S. Lawrence Kocot, Aaron McKethan, Marisa Morrison, Nadia Nguyen, Mark Shepard and Reginald D. Williams II
Book

Digital Medicine
Health Care in the Internet Era

2009, Darrell M. West and Edward Alan Miller
Paper

Memo to the President: Reform Health Care

January 16, 2009, Henry J. Aaron