Harvard School of Public Health Selects New Program Director for Health IT Leadership Program
(firmenpresse) - BOSTON, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/24/11 -- Harvard School of Public Health today announced the selection of a new program director for its program. Tejal Gandhi, MD, MPH will join John Glaser, PhD, John Halamka, MD, and Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH, MSc in designing and directing the program which brings together health care executives to advance design, development, and deployment for more effective and efficient health care delivery.
Dr. Gandhi, whose research focuses on patient safety and reducing medical errors using information systems, is the Chief Quality and Safety Officer at Partners HealthCare and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. In her role at Partners, she is helping to lead efforts to standardize and implement patient safety best practices across the system. Dr. Gandhi will direct sessions on quality and safety gains from electronic health records, the third of four modules.
Leadership Strategies for Information Technology in Health Care is a four module and executives with information technology responsibilities. The four modules are:
, directed by John Glaser, PhD, CEO of Siemens Healthcare Health Services Business Unit
, directed by John Halamka, MD, MS, CIO of Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
, directed by Tejal Gandhi, MD, MPH, Chief Quality and Safety Officer at Partners HealthCare
, directed by Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH, MSc, Director of Clinical Informatics Research and Development at Partners HealthCare
These four modules provide health care leaders with strategies and tactics to develop and improve their organization's health IT strategy through case studies, panel discussions, group works, and lectures. Rajesh Dixit, MBA, Chief Technology Officer of Datazoom Solutions Inc. and 2011 participant, described the program as providing "a 360 degree view of strategy, best practices, implementation, and technology." Leadership Strategies for Information Technology in Health Care takes place January 22-27, 2012 for modules I & II, and May 14-18, 2012 for modules III & IV. More information on this program can be found at .
The Harvard School of Public Health Center for Continuing Professional Education (CCPE) presents two-day to two-week non-degree programs including a range of niche occupational and environmental health and safety topics, as well as executive education and leadership training specific to public health and health care organizations. Visit for more information or email .
Jessica Goman
Program Associate
Center for Continuing Professional Education
Harvard School of Public Health
Tel: 617-384-8688
Fax: 617-384-8690
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