When we began the Pursuing Perfection journey with IHI and Robert Wood Johnson foundation, IDX leadership started that journey with us, traveling to Boston and meeting with all the participants.

Today we had the good fortune to meet Mark Leavitt, MD, an internist who started Medicalogic company and developed the ambulatory medical record Logician.

I must say that the similarity of vision that among Mark, Malcolm Gleser, (founder of Phamis--now IDX LastWord and CareCast), and this community is remarkable. Kindred spirits.

In an complex environment of medical information software and mal-aligned economic incentives for connecting and deploying electronic medical records--this alignment of vision and value is cause for hope and continued collaboration.

Mike Raymer, head of LastWord division of IDX, joined us for discussions with patients and several of the participants in Pursuing Perfection in Whatcom County, WA.

I hope to report on opportunities that arise from our common vision and from a real intention to work together on the behalf of the patients in this community.

Let's hope.

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