Farzad Mostashari Joining the Engelberg Center at Brookings

Dr. Farzad Mostashari, the National Coordinator for Health IT at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will join the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform as a Visiting Fellow.

Dr. Mostashari plans to work on a range of topics related to helping clinicians improve care and patient health through health IT, with a focus on small practice transformation by developing innovative payment models that can better support these types of practices. Dr. Mostashari previously served as Principal Deputy National Coordinator for Programs and Policy at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) at HHS. In his four years at ONC, he has been integrally involved in leading a broad range of initiatives to promote more effective use of health IT to improve care.