Blumenthal's departure will not derail federal health IT

"Dr. William Bria, chief medical information officer at Shriners Hospital for Children in Tampa and president of the Association of Medical Directors and Information Systems [AMDIS], doesn't believe that the departure of Dr. David Blumenthal as national coordinator for health IT will derail the meaningful use initiative," FierceHealthIT's Ken Terry writes. "He instead asserts that the ONC chief 'has built enough of a team and enough of a legacy...to get this done.'...I agree." --Read the Ken's full commentary at FierceHealthIT