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Leroy Jones, Jr. has posted a new podcast interview with Dr. Ashish K. Jha of the Harvard School of Public Health on electronic health records and health information technology.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) April 10, 2009 -- Leroy Jones, Jr., a political commentator and government affairs consultant based in Washington, D.C., has recorded another episode of his podcast series, "Talking Technology with Leroy Jones, Jr."

The latest installment features an interview with Dr. Ashish K. Jha of the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Jha, who is an associate professor on Health Policy and Management and also a practicing physician at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston, recently co-authored "Use of Electronic Health Records in U.S. Hospitals," which was published in The New England Medical Journal.

Among other topics, a primarily focus of Dr. Jha's medical research is "Information technology among other tools as potential solutions for reducing medical errors and disparities while improving over-all quality." Dr. Jha addresses electronic medical records and other health information technology, especially as it related to improving the overall standard of American healthcare. The full interview is available as a podcast here: http://www.technicaljones.com/2009/04/ehealth-records-new-show-1.

Dr. Jha also addresses:

• Issues around electronic medical records and security
• Penetration of effective medical record systems
• Improving medical efficiency and reducing medical error
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