A Healthcare IT Plan for Japan

In February I visited Japan a few days before the Tohoku earthquake to complete my research on the state of healthcare IT in Japanese hospitals and private practices.

Since then I have worked with the US Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS) and the Japanese Health and  Global Policy Institute (HGPI) to develop a national healthcare IT plan for Japan in response to the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear reactor crisis.

Here's the finished report, issued by CSIS today.

I'm flying to Japan tonight and will be meeting with government, academic, and industry leaders in Tokyo and Kyoto until August 4.  

As readers of my blog know, my life is devoted to making a difference.   If I can share lessons learned from the US experience to accelerate healthcare IT in Japan, I will have repaid all my Japanese colleagues for the kindness they have shown me over the years.

My blogs next week will be sporadic as I travel the country as a missionary for healthcare IT.