As many clinicians will tell you, there is no single change that will radically improve health care for everyone. Technology is often regarded as the secret sauce, but really, it is only an enabler. There is no silver bullet that will cause everyone to suddenly adopt healthy habits of eating, sleeping, and exercise. Yet if … Continue reading “A Cure for the Common Conference: HealthCamp Brings Consumer-Driven Health Care to Life”
Author: John Mattison
John Mattison, MD, oversees information systems deployment for Kaiser Permanente in the Southern California region, an area that includes 13 hospitals, 140 clinics, 5,000 physicians, and more than 3 million members. He led the KP HealthConnect project in Southern California, which has been fully implemented in every clinic and hospital, and represents the single largest deployment of a completely integrated electronic health record. His clinical background includes specialties of Internal Medicine and Critical Care.