Last week, Becker’s Hospital Review, a monthly healthcare publication, recognized Dr. Eric Poon as one of the 33 top “Chief Medical Informatics Officers” in the U.S.
Actually, Dr. Poon’s title is similar, it’s “Chief Health Information Officer,” a position he filled at Duke in 2014. As CHIO his responsibilities are a tall order: to align technology solutions with organizational objectives, the clinical and analytic information systems that impact patient care. Besides this strategic leadership appointment, Eric practices general internal medicine at Durham Medical Center, part of Duke Primary Care. Of interest, his career includes fellowship training in general internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an MPH degree from Harvard.
Congratulations, Dr. Poon!
To learn more about informatics opportunities at Duke:
Duke Master of Management in Clinical Informatics
Duke Center for Health Informatics and Informatics Research Seminars
And, don’t forget this week is the Triangle Health Innovation Challenge, a “hackathon” that’s all about innovative technological solutions for improving healthcare! Starts Friday, September 16th.