John Halamka is resigning from his post as chief information officer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School.
He plans to continue in his role as an advisor to HMS and will help find a replacement for his position.
Halamka intends to focus on “new health information exchange initiatives at BIDMC” once his seat has been filled. He currently serves as co-chair of the Health Information Technology Standards Committee and is a professor at HMS as well as a practicing emergency physician.