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Farzad Mostashari, M.D.        

Founder & CEO of Aledade, Inc. & Former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Farzad Mostashari, MD has spent his career at the forefront of healthcare policy and health information technology. Mostashari is the former National Coordinator for Health IT at the Department of Health and Human Services, and served as a distinguished expert at the Brookings Institute’s Engelberg Center for HealthCare Reform.

Prior to his work at the Office of the National Coordinator, he founded the NYC Primary Care Information Project, which equipped 1,500 physicians in underserved communities with electronic health records. In addition to his work at Aledade, Mostashari is on the board of directors for Resolve to Save Lives - a global health organization that aims to save millions of lives from cardiovascular disease and infectious disease epidemics. He is also Co-Chair of the Health Evolution Summit. He has spoken and written extensively on issues affecting health IT, ACOs, and health care policy and delivery. He has been published in the New York Times, the Journal of American Medical Association, and Health Affairs, among others.

Mostashari, received his MD from Yale University School of Medicine and his Masters in Population Health from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Speech Topics

Moving a Nation: The Elements of Leadership and Change

What does it take to effect change? To move an organization—or even a nation—and its people, policies and practices in a novel and positive direction? Farzad Mostashari, M.D., discusses the essential elements of leadership, the importance of public and private sector partnerships and the significance of bottom-up/top-down change. Called “charismatic” by The Washington Post, and highly regarded as an expert in health and technology, Dr. Mostashari’s leadership will positively impact the health of hundreds of millions of people. At the forefront of a health care information technology movement that swept across the nation with unprecedented speed and scope, Dr. Mostashari shares with audiences an insider’s perspective on what is required of individuals and organizations to successfully set, reach and surpass goals; how to effectively garner lasting partnerships with multidimensional benefits; and what steps are necessary—from transformation of beliefs and actions to reforms in policy and infrastructure—to “move a nation.”

Data Is Oxygen for Innovation: The Age of Data Coming to Health Care

While data and connected devices have transformed nearly every aspect of our lives, health care IT is one category still catching up. Farzad Mostashari, M.D.—visiting fellow at Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform (2013-Current)—has succeeded as an advocate for digital medical records. Unlike paper files, which, according to Mostashari are “dead” once filed, digital information can be visualized, analyzed and shared instantaneously. In terms of health care, this is a significant asset. The meaningful use of information at the point of care can improve individual outcomes and public health. But even more transformative is an entirely new ecosystem of applications and services that have been brought to life by this digital revolution, and is creating innovate and effective solutions to health care’s most pressing problems. An expert in the intersection of health care and information technology, Dr. Mostashari provides audiences with a behind-the-scenes look at some of the newest advances in health IT, why “data is,” as he claims, “oxygen for innovation” and what changes we can expect to see by going digital.

Health IT and Reform: The Road to Right Care

When it comes to national prosperity, there are few topics as relevant or pressing to explore as health care. Rising health care costs are staggering our nation’s fiscal health, disparities in health are gaping and the right care is delivered to patients less than half of the time. In a groundbreaking effort led by Farzad Mostashari, M.D.—National Coordinator (2011-2013) and Principal Deputy National Coordinator (2009-2011) for Programs and Policy at the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)—health information technology was enlisted to reverse these trends and improve patient outcomes. What can be done by individuals and the private and public sectors to address these issues? In a highly informed and detailed analysis, Dr. Mostashari discusses what it will take to set the nation on the road to the right care, what has been done thus far to achieve these goals and the powerful role that multidimensional reform and health IT play in prevention, health and economic prosperity.

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