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Guest: Charles Stellar, President and CEO, WEDI
Twitter: @WEDIonline
In this special episode, I caught up with Charles at HIMSS18 in Las Vegas to talk about what is happening with the organization. Hear about the history of WEDI, the current initiatives, and their upcoming spring conference in May.
About WEDI
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) is the leading authority on the use of Health IT to improve healthcare information exchange in order to enhance the quality of care, improve efficiency and to reduce costs of the American healthcare system. Formed in 1991 by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), WEDI was named in the 1996 HIPAA legislation as an advisor to HHS and continues to fulfill that role today.
Serving as a private and public industry solution to critical healthcare problems, WEDI is a coalition comprised of a cross-section of the healthcare industry: doctors, hospitals, health plans, laboratories, pharmacies, clearinghouses, dentists, vendors, government regulators and other industry stakeholders.
About the Show
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