John Halamka
Residency and Training:
Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA, Los Angeles, 1996
Fellowship in Medical Informatics, Harvard/MIT Health Sciences & Technology and BIDMC, 1997
Academic Rank:
Professor of Medicine
About Dr. Halamka:
Dr. Halamka is an internationally renown medical informatics expert. He is Chief Information Officer (CIO) of BIDMC, CIO of Harvard Medical School, and a co-Chair of the national HIT Standards Committee, and an Emergency Physician with an expertise in medical mycology. He created the initial ED Dashboard software and has written numerous other medical software programs. He regularly lectures and provides clinical consultations for mushroom poisoned patients.
As CIO 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 and as CIO for Harvard Medical School, he oversees all educational, research and administrative computing for 18000 faculty and 3000 students.
Major Publications:
Halamka J, Overhage JM, Ricciardi L, Rishel W, Shirky C, Diamond C. Exchanging health information: local distribution, national coordination. As more communities develop information-sharing networks, a coordinated approach is essential for linking these networks. Health Aff (Millwood). 2005;24(5):1170-9.
Halamka J, Aranow M, Ascenzo C, Bates D, Debor G, Glaser J, Goroll A, Stowe J, Tripathi M, Vineyard G. Health care IT collaboration in Massachusetts: the experience of creating regional connectivity. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2005;12(6):596-601.
Halamka J, Aranow M, Ascenzo C, Bates DW, Berry K, Debor G, Fefferman J, Glaser J, Heinold J, Stanley J, Stone DL, Sullivan TE, Tripathi M, Wilkinson B. E-Prescribing collaboration in Massachusetts: early experiences from regional prescribing projects. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006;13(3):239-44.
Halamka J, Juels A, Stubblefield A, Westhues J. The Security Implications of VeriChip Cloning. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006 Nov-Dec;13(6):601-7. Epub 2006 Aug 23.
Halamka J, Mandl KD, Tang P. Early Experiences with Personal Health Records. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008 January-February;15(1):1-7. Epub 2007 Oct 18.
