TOPEKA — Leading the field in health information technology, Dr. Jennifer Brull, a Kansas Foundation for Medical Care board member, has been invited to attend the Department of Health and Human Services discussion panel at the White House on Tuesday focusing on how HIT can help improve care quality and patient health.

With the assistance of KFMC, Brull was the first physician in the state to achieve meaningful use and qualify for government incentive dollars by implementing an electronic health record system in her medical practice in Plainville.

She has served on national and state-wide HIT steering committees and has been an active part of accelerating the HIT initiatives in Kansas on many levels.

The Kansas Foundation for Medical Care is the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for the state.

Throughout various contracts, the KFMC role is to work with healthcare providers to develop ways to improve the quality of healthcare provided to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and ultimately all Kansas healthcare consumers.