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HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS

SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS

HEARING VI ON THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS

Wednesday, March 17, 2004, 10:00 a.m.
334 Cannon House Office Building

Statement of the Honorable Steve Buyer

Panel 1

John D. Halamka, M.D.
Chief Information Officer
CareGroup Healthcare System, and
Chief Information Officer
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

John R. Clarke, M.D.
Member, Committee on Data Standards for Patient Safety
for the Institute of Medicine
Professor of Surgery, Drexel University, and Adjunct Professor of Computer and Information Science
University of Pennsylvania
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Panel 2

Ms. Linda Koontz
Director, Information Management Issues
U. S. General Accounting Office
(PDF | Answers to Post Hearing Questions)

Accompanied by:

Ms. Valerie C. Melvin
Assistant Director
Information Technology Management Issues
U.S. General Accounting Office

Mr. James C. Reardon
Chief Information Officer for the Military Health System
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)
Department of Defense
(Prepared Testimony | PDF | Answers to Post Hearing Questions)

Accompanied by:

Michael E. Kilpatrick, M.D.
Deputy Director, Deployment Health Support Directorate
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)
Department of Defense

Honorable Robert H. Roswell, M. D.
Under Secretary for Health
Department of Veterans Affairs
(Answers to Post Hearing Questions)

Robert M. Kolodner, M.D.
Acting Chief Information Officer for Health
Veterans Health Administration

Panel 3

Honorable Robert N. McFarland
Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology
Department of Veterans Affairs
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Accompanied by:

Mr. Edward F. Meagher
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology
Department of Veterans Affairs

Mr. Bruce A. Brody
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber and Information Security
Department of Veterans Affairs

Ms. K. Adair Martinez
Deputy Chief Information Officer for Benefits
Veterans Benefits Administration

Robert M. Kolodner, M.D.
Acting Chief Information Officer for Health
Veterans Health Administration

and

Mr. Edward C. (Ted) Davies
Managing Partner, Federal Civilian Agencies
Unisys Corporation
Washington, D.C.
(Prepared Testimony | PDF | Answers to Post Hearing Questions)

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