Piper Jaffray to Host Conference Call with National Health Information Technology Coordinator David J. Brailer, M.D., Ph.D.
September 07 2004 - 2:51PM
PR Newswire (US)
Piper Jaffray to Host Conference Call with National Health
Information Technology Coordinator David J. Brailer, M.D., Ph.D.
NEW YORK, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Piper Jaffray & Co.
is pleased to announce that Senior Health Care Services Analyst
Ryan Stewart will be hosting a conference call with National Health
Information Technology Coordinator, David J. Brailer, M.D., Ph.D.,
on Friday, Sept. 10, 2004 at 11:30 am ET, to discuss the
government's role in enabling the widespread adoption of healthcare
technology and the "strategic framework for action," that was
released at Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson's
Summit on Health Information Technology on July 21, 2004. Dr.
Brailer will also discuss the potential impact these efforts may
have on the healthcare technology sector. Dr. Brailer was appointed
to this position by Secretary Thompson May 6, 2004. As national
coordinator, Dr. Brailer is responsible for executing actions
ordered by President George W. Bush in his April 27, 2004 Executive
Order which, called for widespread adoption of Electronic Health
Records (EHR) by most Americans within 10 years to realize
substantial improvements in safety and efficiency. Recently, Dr.
Brailer topped out at No. 1 on Modern Healthcare's "100 Most
Powerful People in Healthcare" annual list. Previous to his current
appointment, Dr. Brailer was a senior fellow at the Health
Technology Center in San Francisco, a non-profit research and
education organization that provides strategic information and
resources to healthcare organizations about the future impact of
technology in health care delivery. In addition, he recently
completed 10 years as chairman and chief executive officer of
CareScience, Inc., a care management solutions company. Dr. Brailer
holds doctoral degrees in medicine and managerial economics from
the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and The Wharton
School respectively. The conference call is open to Piper Jaffray
clients and members of the media. To register for the call, clients
should contact their Piper Jaffray representative and members of
the media should contact Susan Beatty at or 612-303-5680. Piper
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