David Brailer

Dr. David J. Brailer, MD, PhD is a former United States public health official best known as the first "health information czar" under the administration of President George W. Bush.^[1] Currently he is Chairman of Health Evolution Partners,^[2] a health care private equity firm based in San Francisco, California.

Brailer's official title was National Health Information Technology Coordinator. He was appointed on May 6, 2004, pursuant to an executive order by President Bush of April 27, 2004, which called for widespread deployment of health information technology within 10 years.^[3][4]

Brailer remained in his government post for two years.^[5] Following his public service, Brailer started a private equity fund in 2007 called Health Evolution Partners with a stated purpose of pursuing "investments in cost-effective, high-quality health care" and the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) invested $700 million in the fund.^[6]

For ten years prior to his appointment in the Bush administration, Brailer directed CareScience, Inc., a provider of care management services which was focused on reducing medical errors. Brailer led the company in establishing the nation's first health care Application Service Provider (ASP) and creating a care management business process outsourcing partnership. Brailer also designed and oversaw the development of one of the first community-based health information exchanges in Santa Barbara County, California.

Brailer was a Senior Fellow at the Health Technology Center in San Francisco, a non-profit research and education organization offering information and resources to health care organizations about the future impact of technology in health care delivery. In 2010 he joined the board of Walgreens.^{[citation needed]}

Education

Dr. Brailer holds doctoral degrees in both medicine and economics. While in medical school, he was a Charles A. Dana Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine and was the first recipient of the National Library of Medicine Martin Epstein Award for his work in expert systems. Dr. Brailer was among the first medical students to serve on the Board of Trustees of the American Medical Association. He completed his medical residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and became board certified in internal medicine along the clinical investigator pathway. Dr. Brailer was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania and, until recently, was active in patient care delivery with an emphasis on immune deficiency. He earned his M.D. degree at West Virginia University and his Ph.D. in managerial economics at The Wharton School.^{[citation needed]}

Bibliography

• Chan, Gilbert (2007). "CalPERS out to tame health fees." Sacramento Bee. June 5.
• Mullaney, Timothy (2005). "This Man Wants to Save Health Care." BusinessWeek. October 31.

References

1. ^ Rabinovitz, Jonathan. Federal health information czar pushes for electronic medical records for all. Stanford Report, February 9, 2005.
2. ^ Health Evolution Partners, www.healthevolutionpartners.com
3. ^ Colliver, Victoria (2006-03-24). "Digital-records crusader". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/24/BUGJCHSVTO1.DTL. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
4. ^ This Man Wants to Heal Healthcare - Business Week
5. ^ "David J. Brailer Resigns as Health IT Czar", ANSI News, April 20, 2006.
6. ^ Lohr, Steve. "Venture fund to seek out cost cutters in health care". New York Times, June 5, 2007. Retrieved October 22, 2008.

See also

• List of U.S. executive branch czars

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