Discussion will be moderated by former Senators Tom Daschle and Bob Bennett

WASHINGTON, April 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bipartisan Policy Center's (BPC) Health Project will host a dialogue on health information technology (IT) with Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, the recently named National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), tomorrow, April 26, 2011 at 11:00AM in Washington, D.C.  

In one of his first appearances as National Coordinator, Dr. Mostashari will discuss ongoing efforts to coordinate and implement health IT and the electronic exchange of health information.  Dr. Mostashari assumed the role of National Coordinator on April 8, 2011.  The discussion will be moderated by former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, Co-Leader of the BPC's Health Project, and BPC Senior Fellow and former Senator Bob Bennett.  Janet Marchibroda, Chair of the Health IT Initiative at the BPC, will give opening remarks.  Following the discussion, Dr. Mostashari and Senators Daschle and Bennett will take questions from the audience.  

The BPC's Health Project was launched in January 2011.  In addition to Senator Daschle, the Project is led by former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and former South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds and Ohio Governor Ted Strickland.

Click here to watch a live webcast of the event beginning at 11:00AM ET tomorrow.  

About the Bipartisan Policy Center:

In 2007, former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell formed the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) to develop and promote solutions that can attract the public support and political momentum to achieve real progress. Currently, the BPC focuses on issues including health care, energy, national and homeland security, transportation and economic policy. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/.

SOURCE Bipartisan Policy Center