Robert Kolodner

Robert Kolodner
Robert Kolodner
National Coordinator for Health IT
	In office; 18 April 2007 – 20 April 2009
Appointed by	Mike Leavitt
Preceded by	Karen Bell (interim)
Succeeded by	David Blumenthal
Acting National Coordinator for Health IT
	In office; 18 September 2006 – 18 April 2007
Personal details
Alma mater	Harvard College (AB) ; Yale School of Medicine (MD)

Robert Kolodner is an American psychiatrist and medical informatician.^[3] In September 2006, he became the second U.S. National Coordinator for Health IT.^[3]

Career

Kolodner was chief health informatics officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and remained on the VA staff while serving as Acting National Coordinator for Health IT.^[3]^[5] Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt officially appointed Kolodner National Coordinator on 18 April 2007.^[1] Kolodner served as National Coordinator until David Blumenthal assumed the position on 20 April 2009.^[2]

Kolodner retired from the federal government on 23 September 2009.^[6]

1 2 3 4 Ferris, Nancy (18 April 2007). "Kolodner becomes permanent national coordinator of health IT". Healthcare IT News. HIMSS Media. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
1 2 3 Manos, Diana (16 April 2009). "Blumenthal to take over ONC on Monday". Healthcare IT News. HIMSS Media. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 Ferris, Nancy (20 September 2006). "Kolodner named interim national health IT coordinator". Healthcare IT News. HIMSS Media. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
↑ "Robert Kolodner".
↑ Ferris, Nancy (24 January 2007). "Kolodner's stint at ONCHIT continues". Healthcare IT News. HIMSS Media. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
↑ Versel, Neil (23 September 2009). "Kolodner retires from federal government". Healthcare IT News. HIMSS Media. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.