Health Tech Policy Guru Dr. Paul Tang Joins IBM Watson Health

Veteran physician informaticist and health information technology policy guru Dr. Paul Tang is going to work with Watson. The former chief technology and innovation officer at Medical Foundation/Sutter Health in Palo Alto, California, is now vice president and chief health transformation officer at IBM's Watson Health division. Tang is a five-time honoree on Modern Healthcare's annual rankings of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders. He has served as co-chair of the federally charted Health Information Technology Policy Committee and many of its subcommittees since its inception in 2009.

This was reported by Modern . . .