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As a result of my posting "Earthlings and Htraesians: The Parallel Worlds of Medicine and Healthcare IT", a discussion has started on the HISTalk blog.

That discussion thread can be seen in the comments section here.

This posting from a PhD raised my eyebrows (emphases mine):

I am a strong believer in physicians taking leadership roles in HIT, especially physicians with education and expertise crossing medicine and information technology.

An example of such specialists are those with formal medical informatics postdoctoral training, but numerous other examples exist.