Rainu Kaushal, MD, MPH is the Division Chief of Quality and Clinical Informatics in the Department of Pediatrics of Cornell New York Presbyterian Hospital, Director of Quality and Patient Safety of the Komansky Center for Children's Health, and Executive Director of HITEC. Dr. Kaushal is a national expert in patient safety and information technology. She performed one of the first studies of medication errors and adverse drug events in hospitalized children, followed by many additional studies in the field of pediatric medication safety. She has also studied health information technology extensively including the structure, costs, and potential societal benefits of a national health information network. Dr. Kaushal has performed work assessing the return on investment, and patient safety implications of specific clinical information technology applications. She currently directs HITEC, an entity that is evaluating New York State's $250 million investment in health information technology from consumer, provider, quality, safety and financial perspectives.