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Mark L. Andersen
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Yale New Haven Health System
Mark L. Andersen is
the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Yale New Haven
Health System. Mr. Andersen received his Masters of Science degree in Hospital
Administration from The Ohio State University and his Masters of Science degree
in Industrial Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Previously,
he was Vice President for Management Systems and Technology for
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City and has prior experience
in the development of multi-hospital systems in several regional and national
organizations Mr. Andersen is a Diplomat of ACHE, Fellow of HIMSS and a former
member of the Board of the College of Healthcare Information Management
Executives (CHIME).
Holt Anderson
Executive Director
North Carolina Healthcare Information & Communications Alliance,
Inc
Holt Anderson
is Executive Director of the North Carolina Healthcare Information &
Communications Alliance, Inc. (NCHICA), a private, nonprofit consortium of
healthcare providers, payers, corporate partners, professional associations and
government agencies formed in 1994 with the mission of improving healthcare in
NC by accelerating the adoption of information technology.
Holt has served or is serving on the Steering Committee or Advisory Council for the:
- Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) Phase 1 Architecture Prototype for the IBM contract with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
- RTI International "Privacy and Security Solutions for Interoperable Health Information Exchange" Technical Advisory Panel for the contract with AHRQ and ONC.
- North Carolina Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (NC HISPC) Project Executive for the contract with RTI International
- National Governors Association (NGA) State Alliance for e-Health Task Force on Health Information Protection
- North Carolina Center for Nursing Advisory Council
- American Academy of Nursing - RWJF Technology Targets Project
Holt serves on the Executive and Steering Committees and a Co-chair of the Regional Affiliates Work Group for WEDI; a member of the Working Group for Connecting Communities for the eHealth Initiative. He is a consultant to the Quality of Care and Performance Improvement Committee of the North Carolina Medical Society. Holt served on the Expert Resource Panel for an Information and Assistance Study for the US Administration on Aging (AoA).
He previously has served on the Steering Committee for the NC Immunization Registry and was a Governor's appointee to the Southern Technology Council and the Southern Governors' Association Task Force on Medical Technology. He served on the Social & Ethical Issues Task Force for North Carolina Vision 2030 and a North Carolina General Assembly Legislative Study Commission for Digitization of the State Archives.
Jeff Bell
Interim Chief Technology Officer
Chief Enterprise Architect
In his role as interim
Chief Technology Officer and Chief Enterprise Architect for Mercy Information
Services Division (MISD) since June 2006, Jeff Bell oversees departments
charged with upgrades to Mercy's existing data center, as well as process
improvements and high-availability initiatives. MISD was formed in 2004 to
serve the Sisters of Mercy Health System's growing System Office in St. Louis
as well as the System's nine strategic service units in Missouri, Arkansas,
Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. MISD provides comprehensive IT services and
support through the efforts of over 500 co-workers. MISD will also play an
integral role in Mercy's business transformation efforts in the next five
years, including implementation of enterprise clinical and revenue
applications.
Mr. Bell formerly served as Chief Project Officer for Mercy's Genesis Project, an initiative that will transform work processes and technology across the organization. He has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare providing patient care, and managing large system implementations and directing IT services.
Mr. Bell resides in Pacific, Missouri, with his wife and two children.
Rosanne J. Carey
Senior Director, Corporate Telecommunications, Trinity Information
Services
Trinity Health
With more than 20 years
experience in telecommunications, Rosanne Carey is recognized as an industry
expert by most major equipment manufacturers and network carriers. She has held
technical and managerial positions with Chrysler Defense Engineering, General
Dynamics, and AlliedSignal. Ms. Carey joined Trinity Health, Novi, Mich., in
1996, accepting the challenge of consolidating telecommunications across the
system and integrating it with Trinity Health's IS division, Trinity
Information Services. With her convergence strategy defined and published, Ms.
Carey's primary focus is finalizing and launching the corporate IP migration
plan.
Ms. Carey is responsible for enterprise wide planning, finance and operations for telecommunications throughout Trinity Information Services. Ms. Carey is a frequent guest speaker on the application of telecommunications technology in healthcare, deployment strategies, and telecommunications business and expense management. Ms. Carey's group works closely with the health system's medical centers to support local operations and business initiatives while aligning technology with the corporate vision and overall strategic goals.
With hospitals in seven states, Trinity Health is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the country. Based in Novi, Mich., the system operates 44 hospitals, 384 outpatient facilities, numerous long-term care facilities, and home health offices and hospice programs.
Ms. Carey is a member of the International Nortel Networks Users Association (INNUA) and the International Alliance of Avaya Users (InAAU).
George S. Conklin
Senior Vice President for Information Management
CHRISTUS Health
George S.
Conklin is Senior Vice President for Information Management at CHRISTUS Health,
one of the nation's largest Catholic healthcare delivery systems. He is
responsible for all aspects of the delivery of information management,
biomedical and communications systems services, supporting CHRISTUS Health's
delivery network and ministries across four states, in two countries and in
more than 300 locations. Additionally, as a member of CHRISTUS Health's senior
leadership team, he participates in setting short and long term strategic and
tactical directions for the system at large. He is involved as a member of
senior leadership in setting long term system directions based on assessments
of future social, technical, environmental, economic and political factors.
Mr. Conklin was awarded the Smithsonian Institution Face of Innovation award in 1997 that recognized applications of computers to medical decision support at Integris Health in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. These achievements have been in-cluded in the permanent research collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. Additionally, CHRISTUS Health was awarded one of HHN's "Most Wireless" Awards in 2002.
Mr. Conklin writes and lectures frequently in the areas of health care informatics, systems implementation, ROI, clinical quality, and management of complicated information systems and environments.
Joseph E. D'Iorio
Health Care Manager
TANDBERG
As
TANDBERG's Heath Care Manager, Joe D'Iorio provides solutions for organizations
that use visual communication for telemedicine applications. He has been with
TANDBERG since 2001 and has worked with telemedicine programs worldwide to
develop the design and operational requirements for medical devices used in
doctor-patient encounters.
Prior to joining TANDBERG, Joe was Sales Manager for American Medical Development, the leading supplier of medical devices in the telemedicine industry. Joe also has experience working with a manufacturer of high resolution video systems used in various medical applications, including Urology, Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Cardiovascular and General Surgery.
Joe has served on the Board of Directors of the American Telemedicine Association and is past Chair of the ATA Industry Advisory Committee, serving as a spokesperson for the industry to the ATA. He is a frequent participant in industry panel discussions, seminars and policy groups.
John Delano
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
INTEGRIS Health
John Delano is the Vice
President and Chief Information Officer for INTEGRIS Health. With hospitals,
rehabilitation centers, physician clinics, mental health facilities and home
health agencies located throughout the state, INTEGRIS is Oklahoma's largest
not-for-profit healthcare organization. John has fifteen years of IT
experience, the past five at INTEGRIS where he has served as the Information
Security Officer and most recently the CIO. John holds a masters degree in IT
Management from Oklahoma State University and is an active member of CHIME,
HIMSS, ISACA and (ISC).
Dave Dully
Chief Technology Office
Baptist Health
Mr. Dully has a
technology leadership background in health care. He overseas all technology
infrastructure operations and a variety of clinical, financial, and operational
systems support activities for Baptist Health, the largest health care provider
organization in northeast Florida.
Mr. Dully's recent accomplishments include overseeing the architecture and deployment of a state of the art technology infrastructure, successfully implemented to support the operations of a new paperless, digital acute care hospitals in Jacksonville, Florida.
Prior to joining Baptist Health six years ago, Mr. Dully held technical and IT leadership positions in the healthcare insurance and the acute care hospital industry. Mr. Dully has been quoted in industry publications on a variety of healthcare information technology topics, including healthcare applications for mobile computing, maximizing computing systems availability, disaster recovery, and others. Mr. Dully is a graduate of the University of West Florida with 20-plus years professional experience in the information technology field.
Art Fisk
Chief Information Officer
North Kansas City Hospital
Art Fisk has been at North Kansas City Hospital since 1977. Prior to becoming the Chief Information Officer, Art spent the last 20 years managing and directing the Biomedical / Radiology engineering functions at the hospital. He was responsible for the purchase and support of all medical devices such as the patient monitoring, clinical Laboratory, and Radiology, CT and MR devices. Five years ago Art was given the added responsibility of purchasing and supporting all Clinical information systems such as the imaging network, PACS and Clinical information systems. Most recently Art was appointed the Chief Information Officer and given the responsibility for implementation and support of all technologies.
Art is an active member of CHIME - College of Healthcare Information Executives, HIMMS - Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, AAMI - Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, and serves on the Cerner Client Care Council.
Deborah Gash
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
St. Luke's Health System
Deborah Gash is the Vice
President and CIO of St. Luke's Health System. Deborah Gash began her career in
health care managing physician offices and patient accounting. In 1989 she
relocated to Kansas City and joined Baird, Kurtz and Dobson, CPA as a health
care consultant. During this time she conducted operational assessments for
hospitals and physician practices and conducted speaking engagements educating
health care professionals on compliance and regulatory topics.
Debe joined Saint Luke's Health System in 1992. During her tenure at SLHS she has been responsible for physician services for Saint Luke's Medical Group, served as project manager and director of application development in Information Services. Debe was recently named the Vice President and CIO for Saint Luke's Health System. She is responsible for developing and implementing Information Technology (IT) strategies for the health system; updating the necessary standards, infrastructure, and security policies to protect the information assets of Saint Luke's Health System; ensuring quality IT support for the health system; and providing guidance in cost effective clinical and business solutions.
Debe is a graduate of the University of Missouri with a BS degree in Health Services Management and Masters Degree in Business Administration. She is a currently President for the Heart of America HIMSS Chapter, President of Insight, and an active member of ACHE, CHIME, HIMSS national, and ACMPE. Debe participates in the McKesson Technical Advisory Committee, the KC IT Leadership Exchange, and CIOC of CHIME. She holds the following certifications: CMPE and CPHIMS.
Glenn G. Hammack, OD, MSHI, FAAO
Assistant Vice President and Executive Director
University of Texas Medical Branch Electronic Health Network
Dr. Glenn Hammack
became assistant vice president and executive director of the newly named
University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Electronic Health Network in December
of 2004. In this position he has overall authority for planning, design,
implementation and maintenance of the UTMB Electronic Health Network through
the establishment of standards, procedures, and policies in order to provide
affordable, high-quality care over distances.
In addition, he has been given the responsibility to develop and sustain the next generation of telehealth/electronic medicine at UTMB, executive management of a large-scale operational telemedicine, telehealth, and remote physician services organization: 70 FTE, $8.5M budget, 60,000 remote provider-patient encounters annually and executive management of the $1M grant-funded AT&T (formerly SBC) Center for Telehealth Research and Policy at UTMB (outcomes research, publications, conference, policy support and development, media, publications, and communications).
Hammack is also responsible for telehealth program support and co-ordination to insure that viable service and business models are developed and maintained for:
- Correctional Managed Care Program ($400M clinical care operation)
- UTMB Hospitals and Clinics ($1.3B clinical care, research, and education operation)
- Galveston/Houston regional communities
- Rural communities
- Large underserved "special" populations (urban, seniors, CHIP, Medicaid, Medicare)
- Large-scale Corporate/Industrial/Service organization applications
Adjunct Positions and Affiliations:
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Health Informatics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Credentialed Case Reviewer, Medical Care Management Corporation
David House
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Baptist Health
David House joined
Baptist Health as the Director of Information Systems in 1991. Prior to then,
David worked as an employee of IBM in a number of industries, including
healthcare. In 1999 David was promoted to his current position as Vice
President and CIO of Baptist Health.
Baptist Health is Arkansas' most comprehensive healthcare system with more than 120 facilities - including major medical centers, family clinics, therapy and wellness centers. Baptist Health has been named to the American Hospital Association's 100 "Most Wired" Hospitals four out of the last six years. Baptist has a history of being innovative in many areas including information technology. In 1974 Baptist installed one of the first online order entry systems in the country. More recently Baptist has been a leader in the adoption of handheld technology by physicians and applications such as the electronic intensive care unit (EICU), Medical records imaging, PACS, and Vocera.
David is frequently quoted in a number or healthcare IT publications and most recently published an article titled "Investing in Handhelds" in Advance for Health Information Executives. David is listed in the International Who's Who of Professionals and United Who's Who. He is a member of the College of Healthcare Information Executives, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, and the American Academy of Medical Administrators. He has served on a number of healthcare company customer advisory boards and is the current chair of the Arkansas VHA CIO Council.
Brian Lane
Vice President of Strategic Development
Simpson Healthcare Executives, LLC
Brian Lane is the Vice
President of Strategic Alliances and Development for Simpson Healthcare
Executives. In this capacity is responsible for strategic planning and
development.
Prior to Simpson Healthcare Brian Lane was Vice president of Market Development with AHA Solutions, Inc. of the American Hospital Association. Mr. Lane was responsible for development of programming as well as endorsed solutions for the AHA membership around areas such as Human Resources, Information Technology, Revenue Cycle, Patient Safety/Quality and Risk Management. Prior to this role, he served as the vice president of Technology and led the direction and account management of AHA-Solutions Technology business unit.
Mr. Lane has over 17 years of experience in the health care field, specializing in administration/management, executing product rollout campaigns, and business development. He has held consulting and strategic management positions for fortune 500 companies and Big 4 consulting practices.
Mr. Lane received his MS degree from Rush University's Health System Management Program and his Bachelor of Science from University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), Fellow in Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (FHIMSS) and is a certified professional in healthcare information management systems (CPHIMS). He is currently certified as a security and compliance specialist (CSCS) as well as holds a graduate certificate in health care ethics from Rush University and an executive certificate in e-business from Loyola University.
Mr. Lane is an active member of the following associations: HIMSS-Health Care Information Management Systems Society, ACHE-American College of Health Care Executives, HFMA-Health Care Financial Management Association, HCCA-Health Care Compliance Association, CHEF-Chicago Health Care Executives Forum, NAHIT- National Alliance of Health Care Information Technology, and is a co-founder of CHITA-Chinese Health Care Information Technology Association.
Mr. Lane is a faculty member at Rush University in Chicago. He currently serves on the Rush Health Systems Management Program - Chairman's Council overseeing the graduate programming activities at Rush University as well as the Rush HSM- Faculty Appointments and Promotions Committee and International Committee. He serves on the AHA Solutions Technology Advisory Committee. He also serves on the Healthcare Executive Advisory Committee for AT&T, Advisory Board for HIPAA Academy, and the Advisory Board for Cisco and HIMSS with the Connected Community Association.
Jackie Lucas
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Baptist Healthcare System
Jackie Lucas
joined the Information Services Department of Baptist Healthcare System in
1993. She was named Vice President and Chief Information Officer in December of
2006 after serving in the position as interim since June of 2006. Previously,
she was Corporate Director of Strategic Implementations and Vendor Relationship
Management, responsible for implementation of strategic applications, process
improvement, project management and managing primary vendor relationships. Ms.
Lucas was previously Director of Clinical and Financial Systems, Interfaces and
Databases. She has worked with most areas of information systems including
Telecommunications during her tenure at Baptist Healthcare System.
From 1984 to 1993, Ms. Lucas was employed by Le Bonheur Health System in Memphis, Tennessee, where she held a number of positions, including Director of Telecommunications and Network Services, Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer, Service Line Manager and Management Analyst.
Ms. Lucas earned an MBA degree, with a concentration in Accounting Information Systems, from the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee. She also graduated with a BBA degree in Accounting from Lambuth College in Jackson, Tennessee.
Ms. Lucas has spoken nationally on Program and Project Management. She is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, Healthcare Information Management Systems Society, and the Junior League of Louisville (JLL). She has served as a Co-Chair on the Louisville Race for the Cure, a fundraiser for breast cancer, and in other leadership positions with the JLL.
Michael A. McNeal
President & CEO
Emergin, Inc.
Michael A. McNeal has
guided the strategic vision, strategy and execution for Emergin. As visionary
technologist for the past ten years, McNeal believes that enterprise
organizations are driven by Moore's Law - the exponential proliferation of
applications, protocols and devices.
This has led to the company's core technology - an enterprise service bus that enables enterprise organizations the flexibility to integrate any combination of best-of-breed systems using off-the-shelf technology. McNeal has migrated beyond internal operations to customer engagement, spending a large percentage of his time listening to customers and turning their ideas into commercial solutions. McNeal has a technology background, combined with a seasoned skill for envisioning solutions from an end-user's perspective.
McNeal holds a Computer Science degree from the University of Florida. He has completed post-baccalaureate work in finance, leadership and management. Prior to launching Emergin, McNeal was employed as a chief architect by EDS, IBM and Motorola.
Steven Normandin
Vice President and Director
AMD Telemedicine
Mr. Normandin joined
AMD Telemedicine in 1991 and was named Vice President and Director in 1994.
Steve has over 20 years of management experience in various entrepreneurial
ventures with primary focus on growing technology and service related
businesses. As founder and President of Communicore, Inc., a 24-hour call
center service business, he was responsible for management of the company
through years of rapid growth until its final sale to a national concern in
1992. He was also Vice President of Operations for Custom Sentry Alarms, Inc,
one of the largest privately held electronic security companies in New England
until its sale in 1990.
Steve has presented at numerous telemedicine forums throughout the United States, Africa and Asia. He was previously on the Board of Directors of the American Telemedicine Association where he was Chairman of the Industry Advisory Board. He is also a member of the Canadian Society of Telehealth, a member of the Center for Telemedicine Law in Washington, DC, and a member of the National Association of Homecare and Hospice. Steve was recently elected as a member of the Board of Governors of Lowell General Hospital and is on the Board of Directors of the Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce, as well, as various civic and business associations. Steve was recently awarded the "2006 Industry Council Award for Leadership in the Advancement of Telemedicine" by the American Telemedicine Association.
Steve holds a Bachelors of Science in Management from Merrimack College and resides in Chelmsford, MA with his wife and three children.
Paul Peabody
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
William Beaumont Hospital
Paul Peabody is Vice
President and Chief Information Officer of William Beaumont Hospital. For the
past twenty years he has been responsible for the Information Systems at
Beaumont as well as the Records Management and Printing Departments. His
experience and primary focus is in the area of Health Care Information
management. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Care
Administration from the University of Michigan.
Paul is a co-chair of MHMIS, serves on the GDAHC executive committee, and is on the SEMHC Data Task Force Committee. He is active in the Society for Information Management and is a past president of the Detroit Chapter of SIM.
Scott Richert
Director of Network Services
Sisters of Mercey Health System
As Director of Network
Services for Mercy Information Services Division (MISD) since August, 2004,
Scott Richert leads a team that is responsible for design, implementation and
operations of LAN, WAN and Internet services for his organization's 300+
locations. MISD was formed in 2004 to serve the Sisters of Mercy Health
System's growing System Office in St. Louis as well as the System's nine
strategic service units in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
MISD provides comprehensive IT services and support through the efforts of over
500 co-workers. MISD will also play an integral role in Mercy's business
transformation efforts in the next five years, including implementation of
enterprise clinical and revenue applications.
Mr. Richert has had a 23 year career in healthcare IT, and has served the last 16 years at Mercy in a variety of roles providing network engineering and management.
Mr. Richert resides in O'Fallon, Missouri with his wife and 4 children.
Richard J. Rogers
Sr. Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Health First
Rich Rogers joined Health First, a regional not-for-profit, integrated health care organization just as the move toward an integrated delivery model was initiated. Health First, located on the east coast of central Florida, is comprised of Holmes Regional Medical Center, a 528-bed tertiary medical center, Cape Canaveral Hospital, a 150-bed community hospital, Palm Bay Community Hospital, Health First Physicians; a 90+ physician group, a 62,000 member Health Plan, and more than 20 off-site facilities, representing services from home health to skilled nursing facilities.
As an officer of the corporation reporting directly to the President and CEO, Rich's responsibilities include the planning, development, implementation, maintenance and enhancement of all information systems, network & telecommunications services, client support, information security, data center operations, Clinical Engineering, Plant Operations, Environmental Services, Construction, Safety and Security, Business Planning and Development, and Health Information Management activities for this $1 billion corporation. Rich participates in the strategic planning for the corporation and ensures that information technology plans are in alignment with corporate goals and objectives. The CIO has responsibility for an operating budget of $23 million, a capital budget of $13 million, and 246 employees supporting hospital facilities, medical practices, managed care company, outpatient services, joint ventures, and affiliate companies.
Rich holds a Master's of Business Administration from Pace University, New York, New York. Prior to joining Health First, Rich served three years as Vice President of Information Systems at a Michigan health system and ten years with IBM Corporation.
He is an adjunct professor of Health Services Administration, Rollins College, Melbourne, Florida, and is a member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives.
Rich, his wife Susan and their son Matt make their home in Indialantic, Florida, where Rich coaches a high school varsity lacrosse team and youth football.
Eric A. Saff
Chief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer
John Muir Health System
Eric Saff is Chief
Information Officer and Chief Security Officer for John Muir Health System in
Walnut Creek, California. The Health System is comprised of a 321-bed regional
trauma center, a 259 bed primary care hospital, 73 -bed psychiatric hospital
and a Physician Network managing around 80,000 lives. In his current role, Mr.
Saff is responsible for a $30 million operating budget that includes 200 FTE's
and a $10 million to $20 million capital budget annually. He has the
responsibilities for IT, Telecommunications, Tele-medicine, Medical Records and
Biomedical Services for the entire Health System. During his tenure at John
Muir Health, Mr. Saff has been responsible for a number of initiatives designed
to position the Health System for participation in partnerships with other
large health systems to better serve the Contra Costa County area. Some of
those initiatives include:
- Implementation of a comprehensive departmental reorganization resulting in recognized enterprisewide efficiencies, effectiveness, and staff enrichment and motivation
- Implementation of an integrated healthcare delivery information systems strategic plan incorporating an acute-care facility, a trauma center, a managed care medical foundation, and outpatient and ancillary services
- Planning and integration of clinical and financial data warehouse initiatives
- Implementation of a wireless, standards-based point-of-care clinical information system
- Participation as a development partner of web development tool and systems integration platform
Prior to joining John Muir Medical Center, Mr. Saff served as director of information systems and communications for Alexian Brothers Hospital in San Jose, Calif., where he pioneered UNIX and open systems architecture for the then-proprietary HIS systems of healthcare infomatics vendor HBO & Company.
Mr. Saff is active in national and regional user groups, speaking on his experiences as a pilot site and development partner with McKesson. He has also had the responsibility as President of the first McKesson user group InSight. He is a member of several professional associations, including the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS). His initiatives at John Muir Health have been covered in publications and media that include CNN, ABC, Network Computing, California Medicine, Contra Costa Times and Hospital and Health Networks. His career in health care informatics spans over 22 years.
Mike Scaia
Chief of Information Technology
Nemours
Mike came to Nemours as
an Information Systems Director in 1997. Before that time, he owned a
consulting business and had worked for IBM in a number of industries. Mike is a
graduate of Coe College with a BA degree in Psychology and a holds a MA degree
in Educational Psychology from the University of Iowa.
Nemours provides institutions and services to improve the health of children. Employing over 400 pediatric physicians, subspecialists and surgeons, Nemours cared for approximately a quarter of a million children during nearly one million encounters in 2005, making Nemours one of the nation's largest children's health systems.
In addition to the many ongoing research, education, health and prevention programs, Nemours owns and operates the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, and major children's specialty centers in Delaware (Wilmington), Florida (Jacksonville, Orlando and Pensacola), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr), New Jersey (Atlantic City and Voorhees) and many primary care pediatric practices throughout Delaware. Additionally, the most visited health care Web site online for parents, kids, and teens, www.kidshealth.org is a project of Nemours.
Nemours is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic, Thomas Jefferson University, University of Florida, University of Delaware, Christiana Care Health System, Main Line Health System, Virtua Health, AtlantiCare Regional Health System, Baptist Medical Center (Wolfson Children's Hospital), Orlando Regional Medical Center (Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Women) and Sacred Heart Children's Hospital. Additional information can be found at www.nemours.org.
Thomas W. Smith
Chief Information Officer
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
Thomas W. Smith is the
Chief Information Officer for Evanston Northwestern Healthcare in Evanston,
IL., an integrated delivery network with three hospitals, more than 500
employed physicians, home care services, an IPA and a research institute. Mr.
Smith has more than thirty years of hospital administration and information
systems management experience, including 20 years as a CIO at two different
multi-hospital corporations. His previous experience also includes eight years
of hospital administration and 8 years of hospital consulting and
implementation activities. Mr. Smith has a bachelor's degree in Engineering
from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Western Michigan University. He
is a member of ACHE, CHIME and HIMSS.
Lac V. Tran
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer, Associate Dean
Rush University Medical Center
Lac V. Tran is a Senior
Vice President, Chief Information Officer, and Associate Dean at Rush
University Medical Center. Lac has spent 20 years as CIO at large healthcare
institutions, including University of Dayton Research Institute, Wilford Hall
Medical Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook Health Sciences and
Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Boston Children's Hospital, and Baylor
College of Medicine Methodist HealthCare Systems.
One of the pioneers in networking image processing (especially in medical and aerospace medicine), his security and networking expertise is exemplified through his role in the development of the Medical Casualty Tracking Systems; this Project was nominated for the Commander-in-Chief's Excellence Award. His image processing has been recognized throughout the Refractive Laser Research Community.
He is one of the pioneers in applying the optical card and smart card technology in healthcare, designing/developing the first Healthcare Clinical Repository Data Warehouse Packages, in advocating the Medical Informatics Program, in implementing Web page technology for Healthcare content and literatures (80's).
He is a member of numerous professional organizations, including:
- American Association of Information Professional
- Harvard Medical School IT Strategic Steering Committee
- College of the Healthcare Information Management Executives
- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
- International Society for Optical Engineers
- The Advisory Board
- Healthcare Illinois Chief Information Officer Exchange Program
He is degreed in Chemical Engineering and in Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Systems Design. He is also a distinguished graduate of MIT Sloan of Information Technology Management for Senior Executives and the Federal Executives Institute.
Lac has received numerous prestigious awards, including:
- Commander-in-Chief Excellence Award Recognition for Special Projects
- Air Education and Training Command for the National Casualty Tracking System
- Outstanding CIO of the year
He has numerous publications and speeches nationally and internationally, and is an active participant in community activities, including:
- Member of Save Our Children from Abuse and Neglect (SOCAN)
- Advisor for Intercultural Development Research Association (Desegregation Assistance Center)
- Technical assistance for the New York Megan's Law Advocacy Group
Lynn Harold Vogel, Ph. D.
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Lynn Harold Vogel,
Ph.D., is Vice President and Chief Information Officer at The University of
Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, a $2B+ clinical, research
and teaching institution that is the world's largest and highest rated facility
devoted to the care and cure of cancer. As the senior IT executive managing a
500+ person IT organization, he is leading the in-house development of M. D.
Anderson's Electronic Medical Record (EMR) with a major focus on the
integration of research and clinical data. Dr. Vogel is also Adjunct Assistant
Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University in
New York City.
Previously, Dr. Vogel was Vice President, Healthlink, Inc., in Houston, Texas, where he was a leader on the Advisory Services team. He has also served as Vice-President, Information Services, New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System in New York City, responsible for coordinating information services planning and management for the more than 30 hospitals and other health care facilities which collectively form the nation's largest academic medical center-based health system. Dr. Vogel was previously Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Mount Sinai Medical Center, in New York City. He was also formerly at The University of Chicago Hospitals as Chief Information Officer, and as Director, Medical Center Information Services, as Associate Director in the Department of Finance, and as the Senior Executive responsible for Departments of Pharmacy, Clinical and Surgical Laboratories, Radiology and Medical Records.
Dr. Vogel has been a frequent presenter at regional and national conferences, including most recently "Using IT Governance to Increase IT Investment Value" at the 2005 IT Governance for Healthcare Conference; at the 2005 HIMSS Annual Conference he gave two presentations: "Structure Follows Strategy: Building the Customer-Driven IT Organization", and "IT Investment: Can IT's Value be Enhanced?" (with Leon Leach). Previously he presented at the Summer 2004 HIMSS Conference, and at the August 2004 Regional HIMSS Chapter meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, on his award-winning Journal of Health Information Management article on the return on investment (ROI) from healthcare IT. He also presented the Inaugural Grand Rounds Lecture at the University of Kansas Center for Health Care Informatics, on "From Bench to Bedside: What is the Role of Information Technology?" in October 2004.
Dr. Vogel's recent publications include: "5 Rules for Effective IT Investment Planning", Journal of Healthcare Financial Management, December 2004; "Managing Your IT Investment to Achieve ROI", Journal of Healthcare Financial Management, January 2005 (with Ben Melson and Randy Thomas). Dr. Vogel's article, "Finding Value from Information Technology Investments: Exploring the Elusive ROI in Healthcare", Journal of Health Information Management, Fall 2003, was named "2003 Article of the Year" by the Healthcare Management and Information Systems Society (HIMSS); he has also published ";Will Decision Support in Medications Order Entry Save Money? A Return on Investment Analysis of the Case of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority", in Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association, Fall 2003 (with Kin Wah Fung, M.D.); and is the lead author for an upcoming chapter, "Management of Information in Healthcare Organizations", in Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine, 3rd ed., publication scheduled for Spring 2006, with Leslie Pereault. Two additional articles are in process: "Using IT Governance to Increase Investment Value" (with Leon Leach), for Advance for Health Information Executives, and "The Virtual Clinical Data Repository: A Working Model using Web Services to Access Clinical Data Stored in Diverse Data Base Structures", with Kevin McEnery, M.D.
Dr. Vogel's education at the bachelor's, masters and doctoral level was completed at The University of Chicago, where he also served as a faculty member for twelve years. For the past five years, he has taught a highly popular course in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University, entitled "Economics of Informatics: Cost and Investment Issues in Healthcare Information Technology". He has also lectured in Columbia's Biomedical Informatics Executive Program, in the introductory Biomedical Informatics course, and in Columbia University's Graduate School of Business.
Dr. Vogel is a charter member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and is currently a member and Fellow of the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and a member of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA).
Bill Wright
AVP, Network Services
Hospital Corporation of America
Bill joined HCA
in April 2005 as Program Director with responsibility for two large and complex
initiatives; Facility Technology Refresh and Market Based PACS. In June 2006,
Bill was promoted to AVP, IT Strategy Development. In this role, Bill was
responsible for developing the overall three-year plan for IT&S and
coordinating the respective Divisional IT plans.
Prior to HCA, Bill was the Director of Strategic Sourcing for IT at Delphi Corporation. During his 21-year background in IT in various leadership capacities, Bill has developed a depth of corporate and consulting experience in planning and managing large-scale, complex projects across the global enterprise. Bill is certified as a Project Management Professional, Six Sigma Green Belt and is a Lean Manufacturing Subject Matter Expert. Bill holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Information Systems and is pursuing a Master of Science Degree in Information Management at Syracuse University in New York.
HCA is the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, composed of locally managed facilities that include approximately 191 hospitals and 82 outpatient surgery centers in 23 states, England and Switzerland. At its founding in 1968, Nashville-based HCA was one of the nation's first hospital Companies.
