What basis is there for saying Brailer is someone who "gets it"? He spent a total of three years working his agenda nationally, building something that he thinks will take a decade to implement and is extremely vendor-focused (not doctor-focused). Then, he steps down while saying that the program is "mature"?
>He said on Thursday he was leaving his job as
>national co-ordinator for health information
>technology for family reasons and because the
>programme "is now mature and moving in the right
>direction".
Someone who gets it would know there is much more to be done, and wouldn't just leave a position that is so critical to healthcare at this point. If it were for personal reasons he could have just delegated like all the rest of us have to do. And surely it was not for political reasons, as he was playing that game well even before taking the position. Brailer simply couldn't cut handle this position.
Frankly, everything he did is worthless just because he didn't finish any job he started. Let all the credit go to the next person who actually finishes the job.
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