PLUGGING IN.(Report: Health Care)(New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)(Farzad Mostashari)(Brief Article)

From: Crain's New York Business | Date: March 6, 2006 | Copyright information

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is on a mission to get community health clinics and primary care providers in poor neighborhoods to plug into the information age.

"We need to be at the table and provide a model for how these systems can improve public health,'' says Dr. Farzad Mostashari, assistant commissioner at DOHMH.

Dr. Mostashari has spent the last year leading an IT task force ...

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