John Halamka is Chief Information Officer of Beth Isreal Deaconess Mediacl Center, Chief Information Officer of Harvard Medical School , Chairman of the New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), Chair of the US Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP), co-Chair of the HIT Standards Committee and a practicing Emergency Physician.
As Chief Information Officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center he is responsible for all clinical, financial, administrative and academic information technology serving 3000 doctors, 14000 employees and two million patients. As Chief Information Officer of Harvard Medical School, he oversees all educational, research and administrative computing for 18000 faculty and 3000 students. As Chair of NEHEN he oversees clinical and administrative data exchange in Massachusetts. As Chair of HITSP/co Chair of the HIT Standards Committee he coordinates the process of electronic, standards harmonization among stakeholders nationwide.