NEW! Smart Health Issues Final Report

May 1, 2008—Joint Venture’s Smart Health Task Force has worked for more than two years to introduce new efficiencies to the region’s health care sector by using information technology more effectively. The process has involved hundreds of leaders from the Valley’s health care providers, insurers, employers,and the broader community.

In a white paper being released today, we are providing a full report to the community.

Click here to read the Smart Health white paper

Joint Venture’s Smart Health project was a comprehensive Valley-wide effort to use information technology to improve the quality and reduce the cost of health care. After over two years of extensive process, the Smart Health Task Force completed its work on May 1, 2008. You can download our final report to the community here.

For a full list of participants in the project, click here.

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SMART HEALTH

In 2005 Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network convened local stakeholders in a “Smart” Health project to find ways information technology can be used to improve the quality and reduce the cost of health care in Silicon Valley. One of our principal goals was to capture medical records in the electronic medium and have them universally available to authorized medical professionals.

After more than two years, we have concluded that, while individual stakeholders are making significant internal progress toward this goal, Valley-wide solutions cannot move forward within the current environment.

On May 1, 2008 we issued a report to the community that explains:

• The basis for the project and the benefits we hoped to achieve
• The actions we took and the lessons we learned in the process
• Our conclusions and recommendations for the future

You can download a copy of the report here.