California eHealth Collaborative Webinar: Linette T Scott, MD, MPH

On Tuesday, April 5 at 4:00 PM EST, California eHealth Collaborative is delighted to present Linette T Scott, MD, MPH.

Dr. Scott was appointed Interim Deputy Secretary for Health Information Technology with the California Health and Human Services Agency in January 2011.  In this role, Dr. Scott continues the collaborative process to develop health information exchange capacity in California.

 She also continues to serve as the Deputy Director for Health Information and Strategic Planning in the California Department of Public Health, a position she has occupied since January, 2008.  In this capacity, she has provided leadership in public health informatics, health information exchange initiatives, strategic planning and vital records policy and practice.

 Dr. Scott is a Board Certified Physician in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine.  She has a Doctor of Medicine from Eastern Virginia Medical School, a Masters in Public Health from University of California, Davis, and a Bachelors of Arts in Physics from University of California, Santa Cruz.

Following medical school, she completed a Pediatric Internship at Portsmouth Naval Medical Center and then served as a General Medical Officer with the United States Navy for four years, first as squadron physician with the Regional Support Group and later as the military physician for an Active Duty clinic.

  After completing the Preventive Medicine Residency Program with the California Department of Health Services, Dr. Scott joined the Department as a Public Health Medical Officer, developing expertise in data and information systems, geographic information systems (GIS), data policies and public health informatics.

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