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The '''National Advisory Group on Health Information Technology''' is an advisory committee established in 2016 by the [[Department of Health]] to conduct a review into NHS technology, including electronic health records. It is known as the Wachter Review, after the review's lead Professor [[Bob Wachter]]. It was published in September 2016.<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/using-information-technology-to-improve-the-nhs Using information technology to improve the NHS], DH press release, 7 September 2016</ref>

It made series of recommendations, including highlighting “exemplar” NHS trusts that are leading the way in the technology revolution.

==People==
Members of the National Advisory Group on Health Information Technology in England:
*[[Julia Adler-Milstein]], Associate Professor, Schools of Information and of Public Health, [[University of Michigan]]
*[[David Brailer]], CEO, [[Health Evolution Partners]] (current); First U.S. National Coordinator for Health IT (2004-6)
*[[David Dalton]],  CEO, [[Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust]], UK
*[[Dave deBronkart]]  Patient Advocate, known as e-Patient Dave
*[[Mary Dixon-Woods]],  Professor of Medical Sociology, [[University of Leicester]]
*[[Rollin Fairbanks]] (Terry), National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare; Emergency Physician, [[MedStar Health]] (U.S.)
*[[John Halamka]], Chief Information Officer, [[Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center]]; Professor, [[Harvard Medical School]]
*[[Crispin Hebron]]  Learning Disability Consultant Nurse, NHS Gloucestershire
*[[Tim Kelsey]], Commercial Director, [[Telstra]] Health; former [[NHS England]] National Director for Patients and Information
*[[Richard Lilford]],  Director, Centre for Applied Health Research and Delivery, [[University of Warwick]]
*[[Christian Nohr]], Professor, [[Aalborg University]] (Denmark)
*[[Aziz Sheikh]], Professor of Primary Care Research and Development, [[University of Edinburgh]]
*[[Christine Sinsky]], MD  Vice-President of Professional Satisfaction, [[AMA]]; Primary Care Doctor, Dubuque, Iowa
*[[Ann Slee]], ePrescribing Lead for Integrated Digital Care Record and Digital Medicines Strategy, [[NHS England]]
*[[Lynda Thomas]]  CEO, [[MacMillan Cancer Support]]
*[[Robert Wachter]], MD (Chair)  Professor and Interim Chairman, Department of Medicine, [[University of California]], San Francisco
*[[Wai Keong Wong]], Consultant Haematologist, [[University College  London Hospitals]]; Inaugural Chair, [[CCIO Leaders Network Advisory Panel]]
*[[Harpreet Sood]], Senior Fellow to the Chair and CEO, [[NHS  England]] and GP Trainee

==Contact==
Website:https://www.england.nhs.uk/digitaltechnology/info-revolution/wachter-review/

==Notes==
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