Dr Mohit Kaushal is a renowned figure in clinical transformation and digital health. He is an ER physician by training.
During his time in the Obama administration Dr Kaushal was a member of the White House Health IT task force, a cross agency team implementing the technology aspects of the Accountable Care Act (ACA) and testified to Congress on the application of technology and payment reform to the Medicare population. He also built and led the first dedicated health care team at the Federal Communications Commission, where they initiated collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration for the regulatory streamlining of converged telecommunications, data analytics and medical devices leading to the release of the mobile medical applications guidance by the FDA. In addition, his team reformed the Rural Healthcare fund to create the Healthcare Connect Fund, which aligned the funding mechanism with wider health care payment policy and technology reform.
Dr Kaushal holds an MBA from Stanford, an MD (with distinction), and a Bachelor of Science from Imperial College London.