[Fredslist] Mayor Bloomberg Calls for Citywide Electronic Health Records

[Raj Goel]

Fellow Gothamites,

 	You've heard me talk about NYEMR - my goal to create a Electronic 
Medical Records research & training center with one of the major schools 
in the city (i.e. Hunter, Columbia, NYU, etc.)


 	Here's what Mayor Bloomberg has to say about EHR:

In last year's budget proposal, President George Bush called for $100 million 
to fund new projects in health information technology.

This week, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg called for the same amount to 
be spent for health IT in his city. The proposal to equip 100 city-operated 
clinics and doctors' offices with EHR (electronic health records) could lead to 
one of the world's biggest experiments in health IT.

The goal is to use EHR to provide preventive care for poor patients, thus 
cutting hospitalization costs.

- http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1918395,00.asp

QUESTION:
Does anyone know how I can contact Thomas Frieden's office (NYC Health 
Commisioner) or Mayor Bloomberg's and jump on board with this initiative?

-- Raj

Rajesh Goel, CISSP
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