John Halamka, MD. CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston) and CIO and Dean for Technology at Harvard Medical School (Boston). Dr. Halamka is the CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and CIO and dean for technology of Harvard Medical School. He also serves as the chairman of the New England Health Electronic Data Exchange Network and CEO of the regional health information organization MA-SHARE. An emergency medicine physician by training, Dr. Halamka pursued a graduate degree in bioengineering at UC Berkeley, focusing on technology, and has continued to apply his clinical and IT knowledge to influential roles affecting healthcare delivery. He is currently responsible for all clinical, financial, administrative and academic IT for Beth Israel and oversees the educational, research and administrative computing for Harvard Medical School students and faculty. In November 2017, Dr. Halamka also became editor-in-chief of the online peer-reviewed journal Blockchain in Healthcare Today.
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