Advance Praise for Paper Kills
“Moving our healthcare system from pen and paper to 21st-century information technology is essential to getting the best care to people at the lowest cost. The Center for Health Transformation is continuing its leadership in bringing about this transformation of our healthcare system and our health.”
Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., Former Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Former Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
“Health information technology has real promise for American healthcare. David Merritt and his authors have given new texture and depth to how to fulfill this promise.”
David J. Brailer, M.D., Ph.D., Former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
“This book lays the foundation for a new healthcare system that can match state-of-the-art science to each individual's needs. You hold healthcare’s future in your hands.”
Brent C. James, M.D., Vice President for Medical Research and Executive Director, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Intermountain Healthcare
“This is required reading for everyone focused on improving health, and for everyone who isn’t…but should be. Paper Kills drives homes the need for an integrated approach to transforming health.”
Peter Neupert, Corporate Vice President, Health Solutions Group, Microsoft Corp. More Praise for "Paper Kills"
“Finally, a pragmatic book focused on the urgent need to transform our broken healthcare system, with health information technology as the backbone…we applaud the Center for Health Transformation and look forward to working together to build this brighter future.”
Douglas E. Henley, M.D., Executive Vice President/CEO, American Academy of Family Physicians; Member, American Health Information Community
“Paper Kills is a must-read for everyone to understand that information technology can make our healthcare system safer, more efficient, and more affordable. CHT has been at the heart of this movement for years, and this book lays out how we can build a modernized system where clinicians can make life-saving decisions with accurate, updated, and complete information on the patients they treat.”
Kevin Hutchinson, President and CEO, SureScripts; Member, American Health Information Community
“Paper Kills is an astute and inspiring collection of insights on how information technology can transform the faltering American healthcare system.”
Michael Howe, CEO, MinuteClinic
“Merritt helps us to move from the horse to the automobile. If we could just close our eyes and imagine the end-game of electronic health records for all—with the vastly improved quality of care and efficiency—this book gives us a way to get there.”
Arthur Garson, Jr., M.D., MPH, Dean, School of Medicine, and Vice President, University of Virginia; Former Chair, Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research National Advisory Council
“Personal health records are the decade’s single most important innovation for consumers to help take control of their health care. CHT gives us a compilation of expert opinion, practical application, and strategic thinking and offers a practical approach that will move health IT—including PHRs—into the mainstream.”
Archelle Georgiou, M.D., Executive Vice President, UnitedHealth Group
“Health information technology is an important tool to address the root problems our country faces in healthcare. IT not only improves the delivery of care, but it is essential to ridding the system of waste, be it administrative and process inefficiencies or the under-use, overuse or misuse of medical care.”
Bruce E. Bradley, Director, Health Plan Strategy and Public Policy, General Motors Corporation
“The vision of transforming healthcare to deliver better outcomes at lower costs is clearly laid out in this important book…[t]he chapters in this book inspire all who are hard at work to create a payment environment that will make the vision a reality.”
François de Brantes, National Coordinator, Bridges To Excellence
“Paper Kills creates a compelling case for healthcare industry leaders to commit to utilizing information technology tools to meet our mission of providing optimal care to those we serve. Hospital CEOs around the country should take note of this book and use it as a road map to develop a vision and strategic plan for interoperability, electronic medical records, and personal health information. Lives will be saved as a result of this book.”
Marsha Burke, Interim CEO, WellStar Health System
“Paper Kills should be required reading for anyone interested in healthcare today—from those deeply involved in both policy and operational matters, to consumers trying to make sense of it all..”
The Honorable Aneesh Chopra, Virginia’s Secretary of Technology and Co-Chair of the Governor’s Health Information Technology Council
