FierceHealthIT has assembled a team of leading healthcare industry experts and executives to serve as advisors to FierceHealthIT and its related publications. This diverse panel of thought leaders will advise our editors on a range of topics—from managing electronic health records and imaging systems to navigating Meaningful Use requirements to using technology and data analytics to improve quality and more.
Indranil Ganguly
Indranil Ganguly
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
CentraState Medical Center
Indranil "Neal" Ganguly is the vice president and CIO of Freehold, N.J.-based CentraState Medical Center, a 282-bed hospital. He received a Master of Business Administration from New York Institute Technology and a Bachelor of Arts from Queens College, City University of New York. He is a member of several industry professional associations, including CHIME, where he is a member of the policy steering committee vice-chair of the CIO StateNet initiative.
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John D. Halamka
John D. Halamka
Chief Information Officer
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
John Halamka, M.D, is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a 631-bed hospital in Boston. He serves as chairman of the New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), co-chair of the national HIT Standards Committee, co-chair of the Massachusetts HIT Advisory Committee, and is a practicing emergency physician.
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Richard Duszak
Richard Duszak
Chief Executive Officer
Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute
Richard Duszak, M.D., is the CEO of the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute in Reston, Va., which studies the value and role of radiology in evolving healthcare delivery and payment systems, including quality based approaches to care and the impact of medical imaging on overall healthcare costs. Duszak also practices diagnostic and interventional radiology with Mid-South Imaging and Therapeutics in Memphis, Tenn., and is an active member of the American College of Radiology. He also serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Joseph Kvedar
Joseph Kvedar
Director
Partners HealthCare's Center for Connected Health
Joseph Kvedar, M.D., is the Founder and director of the Center for Connected Health, part of Boston- based Partners HealthCare. An author and frequent lecturer, Kvedar also serves as a board member for the Continua Health Alliance and the Care Continuum Alliance. He is a co-founder of Healthrageous and chair of the company's scientific advisory board, a strategic advisor at Physic Ventures, and serves as a mentor at Blueprint Health and Rock Health.
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Theresa Meadows
Theresa Meadows
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Cook Children's Health Care System
Theresa Meadows is the CIO of Cook Children's Health Care System, an integrated system in Fort Worth, Texas, that includes two hospitals, an ambulatory surgery center, specialty clinics and a health plan. Meadows' has a master's degree in healthcare informatics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is a HIMSS fellow and a member of CHIME.
David Harlow
David Harlow
Principal
The Harlow Group LLC
David Harlow is principal of The Harlow Group LLC, a health care law and consulting firm based in Boston. He speaks and writes frequently about healthcare business, law and health policy and is a charter member of the external advisory board of the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media. He also is the public policy chair of the Society for Participatory Medicine.
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Sue Schade
Sue Schade
Chief Information Officer
University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers
Sue Schade is the CIO for the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers in Ann Arbor, which boasts 40 health centers across southeast Michigan, and in clinics, hospitals and homes across Michigan and northern Ohio. Prior to her tenure at U-M, Sue spent 12 years as CIO at Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. She also served on the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Board from 2004 to 2006.
Stephen Stewart
Stephen Stewart
Chief Information Officer
Henry County Health Center
Stephen Stewart is the CIO of Henry County Health Center, a 74-bed hospital in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), has been certified by CHIME, and is a certified professional in health information and management systems from HIMSS. He has authored numerous articles, and is a frequent speaker on health IT and revenue cycle management systems, with an emphasis on regulatory compliance and governance. Stewart is also past president of the Iowa chapter of HIMSS.
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Donna Staton
Donna Staton
Chief Information Officer
Fauquier Health System
Donna Staton is the CIO of 97-bed Fauquier Health System in Warrenton, Va. Staton earned a Master of Science degree in information technology from the University of Virginia in 2005. She is a member of CHIME and of the Virginia chapter of HIMSS.
Roger Neal
Roger Neal
Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Information Technology
Duncan Regional Hospital
Roger Neal is the vice president of IT and CIO for the 145-bed Duncan (Okla.) Regional Hospital. He has lead projects including the installation of a hospital-wide PACS, electronic nursing documentation systems, integrated physician office systems and patient safety systems. He received a Master of Science degree in telecommunications management from Oklahoma State University.
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Ed Bennett
Ed Bennett
Director of Web and Communications Technology
University of Maryland Medical System
Ed Bennett is the Director of Web and Communications Technology at the11-hospital University of Maryland Medical System, and has more than fifteen years' experience in online communications. He was a founding member of the Health Care Social Media Community on Twitter, maintains a popular blog about healthcare social media and also sits on the External Advisory Board of the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media.
Drexel DeFord
Drexel DeFord
Chief Information Officer
Steward Health Care System
Drexel DeFord is the CIO for Steward Health Care in Boston, a 10-hospital integrated health system. He's also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). Prior to his tenure at Steward, Drex was Senior Vice President and CIO at Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Institute; he has also served as Corporate Vice President and CIO at Scripps Health in San Diego.
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Edward Marx
Edward Marx
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Texas Health Resources
Edward Marx is senior vice president and CIO for Texas Health Resources, a 24-hospital system based in Dallas-Fort Worth. He earned his B.S. in psychology and an M.S. in consumer sciences (business) from Colorado State University. He also served 15 years in the Army Reserve, first as a Combat Medic, then as a Combat Engineer Officer. Marx is a member of CHIME and the Society of Information Management (SIM), and is a HIMSS fellow. He also has served as the president of the Ohio and Tennessee chapters of HIMSS and chair of the membership services committee.
Todd Richardson
Todd Richardson
Chief Information Officer
Aspirus, Inc.
Todd Richardson is the CIO at Aspirus, Inc., a non-profit, community-directed health system based in Wausau, Wis., that includes four hospitals and four ambulatory surgery centers. Prior to joining Aspirus, Richardson was the CIO at Deaconess Health System, a six-hospital system in Evansville, Ind. He also has served as the vice president of information systems for both Christus St. Vincent's Hospital in Santa Fe, N.M., and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare in Waterloo, Iowa.
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David Holland
David Holland
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Southern Illinois Health System
David Holland is vice president and CIO of Southern Illinois Healthcare, a three-hospital system based in Carbondale, Ill. He has more than 30 years of information technology management experience and led the creation of the Health Information Exchange of Southern Illinois, for which he served as the founding chair. In 2010 he was appointed to the Illinois HIE Authority Board.
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Health reform ruling reinforces importance of health IT, CIOs say
