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James M. Walker, MD, FACP
Chief Medical Information Officer
Geisinger Health System
James Walker, MD, is an
internationally recognized lecturer, consultant, and
thought leader in the fields of electronic healthcare
record (EHR) development and usability.
He is
presently the Chief
Medical Information Officer of the Geisinger Health System
in central Pennsylvania, where he leads Geisinger's
development of integrated outpatient, inpatient, and
patient EHRs. |
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With Frank Richards, he leads a $1.5
million AHRQ grant for creating a regional healthcare
information network in rural Pennsylvania. He practices
internal medicine and has published numerous journal
articles and a widely used book, Implementing an
Electronic Health Record System in Health Informatics
Series (Springer-Verlag, 2005).
In addition to leading the development of the Central Penn
Healthcare Information Collaborative (a RHIO), he led the
organization of the Pennsylvania e-Health Initiative,
serving as a charter board member. He has provided
briefings to the National Health Policy Forum, the
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, MedPAC,
and Pennsylvania House and Senate committees. Dr. Walker
is also a fellow with the American College of Physicians.
He serves on the Biomedical Library and Informatics Review
Committee of the National Library of Medicine, the Medical
Informatics Sub-Committee of the American College of
Physicians, and the Ambulatory Functionality Work Group,
Certification Commission for Health Information Technology
(CCHIT).
Walker received his MD degree from the University of
Pennsylvania before training in internal medicine at the
Penn State Medical Center. He completed a National Library
of Medicine fellowship in medical informatics. |
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