Dr. Brian Jacobs, chief medical information officer and executive director of the Center for Pediatric Informatics of the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, was awarded the 2008 HIMSS Physician IT Leadership Award at the 2009 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting being held in Chicago this week.
The award is presented to a physician who, in the judgment of the HIMSS Board of Directors, has demonstrated significant leadership in applying information technology to the needs of physicians.
The Center for Pediatric Informatics is providing electronic health record software to area pediatricians who are members of the Children's National Health Network, enabling them to access the records of their patients at the hospital. A report on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" stated that $20,000 systems were being sold at a discounted price of $6,000 to encourage adoption of the technology by local pediatric physician practices.
Jacobs specializes in pediatric critical care medicine. Prior to joining the Children's National Medical Center, he was responsible for overseeing electronic medical record implementation at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Ohio.
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