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Ruben Amarasingham, MD, MBA
President and CEO, Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI) Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ruben Amarasingham, MD, MBA is the President and CEO of the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI) at Parkland Health & Hospital System and Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation that specializes in real-time predictive and surveillance analytics to prevent adverse clinical events before they occur.
Dr. Amarasingham has conducted and published studies in health IT evaluation, enterprise-wide quality improvement, and the use of the electronic medical record (EMR) to support innovative care delivery models. As CEO of the PCCI, Dr. Amarasingham heads up a team with extensive experience in electronic data mining, predictive modeling and natural language processing. His team has designed and implemented an automated risk modeling software, called PIECES, that accurately identifies patients at high risk for readmission or death in real-time that has had significant impacts at Parkland. He is currently leading a Commonwealth Fund sponsored collaborative between Parkland, Texas Health Resources, and the UT Southwestern University Hospitals to design one of the first real-time electronic predictive readmission model that can apply to any disease state.
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Richard Bankowitz, MD, MBA, FACP
Chief Medical Officer
In his role as chief medical officer, Richard Bankowitz, MD, MBA, FACP, works at an enterprise level to engage physicians, provide thought leadership, and ensure that Premier continues to deliver value to its clinician constituency.
Dr. Bankowitz previously served as vice president and medical director for Premier Healthcare Informatics.
A board-certified internist and a medical informaticist, Dr. Bankowitz has devoted his career to improving healthcare quality at the national level by promoting rigorous, data-driven approaches to quality improvement and by engaging senior clinicians and healthcare leaders. Dr. Bankowitz was named by Modern Healthcare as one of the top 25 clinical informaticists in the U.S. in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
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Curtis A. Boehm, MD
Chief Medical Information Officer
Curtis A. Boehm, MD, is Chief Medical Information Officer at Park Nicollet Health Services in Minneapolis, Minn. Park Nicollet is a health organization consisting of 26 clinics, 55 specialties and one hospital serving Minneapolis and its western suburbs. Dr. Boehm obtained his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1992. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Minnesota before joining Park Nicollet in 1995 as a primary care physician. Among Dr. Boehm's key accomplishments is the successful implementation of computerized provider order entry (CPOE) at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in 2003 Additionally, Dr. Boehm played a critical leadership role during Park Nicollet’s three-year transition from an outdated electronic health record to a more robust, fully integrated system that was implemented in July 2011. He has chaired the order-set steering committee at the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement and co-chaired the CMS Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Health Information Technology action group.
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Russell Branzell
CEO, College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, (CHIME)
Russell P. Branzell, who in February was named incoming CEO of the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), officially took on the role on April 5. Prior to that transition, Branzell served in a variety of key executive positions in healthcare IT leadership and healthcare executive leadership, including as CIO of the Poudre Valley Health System (now the University of Colorado Health), and, most recently, as CEO of Colorado Health Medical Group, a division of the University of Colorado Health. In addition to his executive leadership positions, Branzell has been an energetic and highly active volunteer leader in CHIME; among his accomplishments has been spearheading what has become CHIME’s state-level advocacy efforts. In 2005, the American College of Healthcare Executives honored him as Young Healthcare Administrator of the Year for the state of Colorado. In 2010, Branzell was honored with the CHIME State Advocacy Award.
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Terry Carroll, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for Transformation & Chief Information Officer
Carroll is responsible for not only leading Fairview’s information technology and services organization, but also for facilitating transformation across Fairview by partnering with clinicians to achieve exceptional clinical outcomes, driving performance around key organizational goals and strategies, and supporting Fairview’s care model redesign.
Carroll brings nearly 30 years of IT and executive management experience with health care providers specializing in health care and technology strategy. Over the years, he has helped the organizations he has led create value through technology, manage quality initiatives, optimize operations and navigate complex technology environments.
Carroll joined Fairview in September 2008 after a year consulting with Maverick Health Care Consulting, a firm dedicated to driving results for health care organizations across the U.S. Prior to that, Carroll was the chief operating officer of Premier Sourcing Partners where he focused on the development of IT consulting services and an IT group purchasing portfolio, and the evolution of Premier’s e-commerce strategy. Carroll also served as the vice president and chief information officer of the Detroit Medical Center in Detroit, Mich. and vice president of information services and chief information officer at Baystate Health Systems in Springfield, Mass. Earlier in his career, Carroll served in multiple leadership roles with Magee-Women’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, Penn.
A native of New England, Carroll graduated from St. Michael’s College in Winooski, Vt. with a bachelor’s degree in physics. He then went on to earn his master’s and doctorate degrees in biomedical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Penn.
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Sharon Conklin, RN, MBA
VP of Sales, Healthcare IQ
Sharon is a successful and energetic business leader in developing and implementing visionary supply chain, clinical, physician, financial, and technology solutions within the healthcare and consulting arenas. With over 30 years in healthcare as an OR Nurse, Trauma nurse, Nurse Executive, and thought leader, Sharon has used her experience to establish vision and strategic direction, develop clinical and business programs, create physician and organizational alliances, standardize products across systems and clinical practices, develop strategic sales positioning and revenue maximization through cost controls, and change management
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John K. Cuddeback, MD, PhD
Chief Medical Informatics Officer at American Medical Group Association
John leads the American Medical Group Association’s Anceta collaborative, bringing together AMGA member organizations to improve population health through comparative clinical analytics. AMGA’s advocacy has long focused on moving healthcare from volume to value. Anceta helps members with the practical realities of transforming their delivery systems.
AMGA represents some the nation’s most prestigious and progressive medical groups and health care systems. Anceta extends AMGA’s model for shared learning through a partnership with Humedica, which integrates clinical and administrative data across the continuum of care. John is also responsible for measurement and evaluation for the American Medical Group Foundation’s national campaign to reduce the burden of chronic disease, starting with hypertension.
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Peter Emerson
Principal, Recombinant By Deloitte
Peter brings more than 20 years of executive leadership and operational experience to Recombinant By Deloitte, and his background in governance and compliance provides a valuable blend of skills to Recombinant By Deloitte's clients. Recombinant By Deloitte has effectively worked with major healthcare and life sciences organizations, with a track record of conceiving and delivering creative solutions to complex challenges in the secondary use of healthcare information.
Mr. Emerson provides consulting and facilitation experience on a variety of issues. He also specializes in data governance, patient privacy, and research consent issues associated with data sharing among institutions as well as complex Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) and Institutional Review Board (IRB) issues raised by initiatives to share data across organizational boundaries within institutions, particularly in using patient care data for research.
Prior to joining Recombinant By Deloitte, Peter held corporate leadership, operational, and general counsel positions with a number of technology companies and practiced healthcare and corporate law with firms in Boston and Washington, D.C.
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Keith Figlioli
Senior Vice President of Healthcare Informatics at Premier
Keith Figlioli is Premier's senior vice president of Healthcare Informatics. In this role, he oversees the company's enterprise technology and data initiatives spanning strategy, development, delivery and operations. Since joining Premier, Figlioli has focused on integrating the company's performance improvement informatics offerings across the continuum of care. Keith Figlioli is Premier's senior vice president of Healthcare Informatics. In this role, he oversees the company's enterprise technology and data initiatives spanning strategy, development, delivery and operations. Since joining Premier, Figlioli has focused on integrating the company's performance improvement informatics offerings across the continuum of care. He co-chairs Premier's Quality Improvement Committee, a subcommittee of Premier's board of directors that plays a vital role in setting direction for the alliance by collaborating with members to improve care delivery and the health of communities.
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Mark Golberg
General Manager of Provider/Payer/ACO Market Sector of Recombinant By Deloitte
He has an extensive background in health care management consulting, general business operations, operations design and restructuring, and startup development and venture finance. Mark is engaged in a variety of data governance, strategy, and organizational leadership projects, particularly focusing on personalized medicine, data warehousing for lean six sigma, and ACO tool development.
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Patrick Gordon
Vice President of Community Integration for Rocky Mountain Health Plans
Patrick Gordon currently serves as associate vice president of community integration for Rocky Mountain Health Plans. In addition to his role as executive director of the Colorado Beacon Consortium, he is also leading the implementation of the Medicaid Accountable Care Collaborative project in western and northern Colorado. Within RMHP, Patrick is accountable for an array of payment reform, health data exchange and behavioral health services integration initiatives, and provides oversight of the Medicaid, Dual Eligible and CHP+ programs supported by the health plan, including the CMS Innovation Center’s Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative. He has led and implemented several strategic projects for RMHP and stakeholders in Colorado, including: the design and implementation of an aligned payment arrangement with the State of Colorado and participating physicians to achieve Triple Aim objectives; the implementation of a Medicare Part D Prescription Drug program and targeted coverage arrangements for dual eligible beneficiaries. Prior to joining RMHP, Patrick held various positions within the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing related to Medicaid, CHIP and Nursing Facilities policy development and program management.
Mr. Gordon received his Master of Public Administration in Health Policy & Economics from the University of Colorado, and has certification from America’s Health Insurance Plans Executive Leadership program (CHIE).
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Mark Hagland
Editor-in-Chief, Healthcare Informatics
Mark Hagland was named Editor-in-Chief of Healthcare Informatics in January 2010. Prior to that, he had spentmore than ten years as a Contributing Editor, then Senior Contributing Editor, to the magazine. He has spent overtwo decades in healthcare publishing, and in the course of his healthcare publishing career, has won numerous
national and regional journalism awards, and is the author of two published books on quality and efficiency in healthcare. He is responsible for the overall strategic direction of the magazine. He has a B.A. in English from the University of Wisconsin, and a master’s degree in journalism from the Medill School of
Journalism at Northwestern University.
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Beth Hartquist, MD
Vice President, Care Redesign, Accountable Care Solutions
Dr. Hartquist has over 25 years of health care experience including executive leadership, care redesign, quality and process improvement, operations and clinical consulting, as well as clinical practice. She leads the OptumInsight Care Redesign practice and works with provider clients to transform their delivery model to support accountable care. Prior to joining OptumInsight (formerly Carol Corporation), Dr. Hartquist served as Chief of Primary Care at Park Nicollet Health Services in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her key accomplishments include primary care model redesign to achieve measured improvements in clinical quality outcomes and realized pay for performance targets, resulting in designation as the top performer in the Minnesota Community Measurement project. Through Dr. Hartquist’s expansive executive and consulting practices leadership, she has broad experience in the application of lean methodology in healthcare targeting the patient experience, clinical flow, quality, cost, optimal staffing models, and facility design.
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Jason Haupt, Ph.D.
Senior Statistician
Jason Haupt is the Senior Statistician for the Performance Resource department of Allina Health. He has developed predictive models based on medical record data to help direct interventions and programs to provide improved quality outcomes for patients—most notably in preventing hospital readmissions. Dr. Haupt also consults on or leads the statistical analysis of various process improvement initiatives and research studies across the Allina Health system. Dr. Haupt received his B.S. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Minnesota. He performed crucial work for one of the largest science experiments in human history—the Large Hadron Collider. He has extensive experience in data analysis of big data systems. He has spoken at national and international conferences and is a contributing author to more than 100 publications. Jason enjoys each season and looks forward to long cold winters each year.
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Susan Heichert, BSN, MA, FHIMSS
SVP/CIO at Allina Hospitals and Clinics
Susan is SVP/CIO at Allina Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she was part of the team that implemented the Electronic Health record. She received her Bachelors Degree in Nursing from the University of Maryland and a Masters from the University of Minnesota. Susan has been working in Healthcare for over 25 years in various capacities.
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Brent C. James, M.D., M.Stat.
Chief Quality Officer and Executive Director, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research at Intermountain Healthcare
Brent James is known internationally for his work in clinical quality improvement, patient safety, and the infrastructure that underlies successful improvement efforts, such as culture change, data systems, payment methods, and management roles. He is a member of the National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine (and participated in many of that organization’s seminal works on quality and patient safety). He holds faculty appointments at the University of Utah School of Medicine (Family Medicine and Biomedical Informatics), Harvard School of Public Health (Health Policy and Management), and the University of Sydney, Australia, School of Public Health. He is the Chief Quality Officer, and Executive Director, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research at Intermountain Healthcare, based in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Intermountain is an integrated system of 23 hospitals, almost 150 clinics, a 700+ member physician group, and an HMO/PPO insurance plan jointly responsible for more than 500,000 covered lives serving patients in Utah, Idaho, and, at a tertiary level, seven surrounding States).
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Simon Jones
Director, ACO IT and Program Strategy – Blue Shield of California
Simon Jones has nearly 20 years of experience in health care much of that with a focus on enabling both the business and clinical aspects of healthcare through the application of technology. He has developed technology strategies and implemented solutions for health plans, provider organizations, disease management companies, and product/service providers to the industry. Simon holds a degree in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from USC.
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Paul Katz,
Chief Executive Officer, Intelligent Healthcare
Mr. Katz earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California - San Diego in 1978, and then moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he attended graduate school. Mr. Katz received his M.B.A. in 1980 from Boston University. Mr. Katz serves as Chief Executive Officer of Intelligent Healthcare “IHC”, which he founded in 1990 and is located in Santa Monica, California. It specializes in health care data analysis, data management, and information reporting for health plans, medical groups and independent practice associations. IHC uses web based analytical tools to measure cost, utilization, and quality. The result is physicians working more effectively to improve quality and cost. Intelligent Healthcare currently supports over 7,500 physicians with pre-populated disease and preventive care registries with medical service, laboratory test result values, and prescription information for over 2 Million patients. IHC supports clients in California, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Virginia
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Harvey W. Kaufman,
M.D., MBA, FCAP, Senior Medical Director, Quest Diagnostics
Harvey W. Kaufman, M.D., MBA, FCAP is senior medical director at Quest Diagnostics where he has served in a variety of roles including Chief Laboratory officer and first Six Sigma Leader. Dr. Kaufman serves as medical director for General Health and Wellness franchise within Quest Diagnostics. Dr. Kaufman graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.B. and S.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, and New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business. He is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and Chemical Pathology. Dr. Kaufman has been involved with, since inception, Quest Diagnostics Health Trends® that analyzes the Quest Diagnostics Data Informatics Warehouse for public health insights. “
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Dr. Anjum Khurshid
PhD, MD, MPAff, Director, Health Systems Division and Crescent City Beacon Community, Louisiana Public Health Institute
Dr. Anjum Khurshid is the Director of Health Systems Division for the Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI). Dr. Khurshid oversees a wide range of healthcare initiatives including quality improvement of primary care and behavioral health services and the use of information technology and electronic medical records to improve population outcomes. He also leads the Crescent City Beacon Community, a federally-funded program focused on quality improvement for diabetes and cardiovascular disease management enabled by health information technology. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and adjunct faculty in the Department of Global Health Systems at Tulane University.
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Dr. Van Kooy
Family Physician
Dr. Van Kooy is a clinically active family physician with extensive experience in technical, managerial and transformational roles in healthcare information technology. He has served as a Residency Director, Director of Performance Improvement, Director of IT Clinical Applications, and as Medical Director of Informatics at a four‐hospital health system. This background gives Dr. Van Kooy a unique ability to bridge clinical, process and information technology challenges.
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Marc Lassaux
Chief Technology Officer for Quality Health Network
Marc Lassaux is the Chief Technology Officer for Quality Health Network (QHN) based in Grand Junction Colorado and has been the technical director for The Colorado Beacon Consortium. He has served as a co-chair for the Beacon Community of Practice for Health Information Technology (HIT) and Meaningful Use under the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for HIT. Marc has more than 12 years of consulting and management experience with relational database systems and applications. In 2006, Marc joined QHN a not-for-profit community partnership and a member of The Colorado Beacon Consortium.
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Sumit K. Nagpal
President & CEO of Alere Accountable Care Solutions
Sumit K. Nagpal is the President & CEO of Alere Accountable Care Solutions, previously Wellogic, a market leader in providing clinical software solutions that connect healthcare information and workflows across the continuum of care. Under his direction, Wellogic delivered high-profile successes to clients and partners ranging from world-renowned hospitals to the industry’s largest healthcare IT companies. Mr. Nagpal’s professional background includes more than 20 years of experience in software design, engineering, management, and executive leadership in healthcare information systems. He is a passionate advocate for the centrality of the provider-patient relationship and improved communication for enhanced healthcare outcomes. Sumit Nagpal is a frequent speaker on health information technology, patient-centered community-based infrastructures, user experience, design, security, and privacy at conferences around the world.
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P. Nelson Le, MD
HealthShare Senior Advisor, InterSystems
Nelson is the HealthShare Senior Advisor at InterSystems Corporation. In his role on the Strategy Team, he is responsible for positioning of HealthShare in the industry and customer base to ensure that it delivers value. Prior to joining InterSystems, he was the VP of Medical Affairs at McKesson Provider Technologies where he worked with hospital leadership to optimize their use of healthcare information technology to achieve organizational goals and drive outcomes. His work in training the sales force at McKesson won him the corporate award for “Improved Efficiency”.
Nelson earned his medical degree from Boston University’s Accelerated B.A.-M.D. Program and completed his residency in Pediatrics at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital. He then went to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia where he completed his fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology. As an attending at The Children’s Hospital in Denver, CO, he used information technology as an educational tool by creating an online curriculum for pediatric residents and cardiology fellows. At Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, he implemented paperless documentation for the Division of Pediatric Cardiology and served as Chair of the Children’s Hospital Quality Review Committee. He passion for knowledge transfer won him the “Outstanding Teacher of the Year” and “Top 30 Educator” awards. He is currently completing his Master in Biomedical Informatics degree at Oregon Health and Sciences University. Whether it was educational, clinical, or professional endeavors, Nelson has used information technology to deliver value.
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Sam Van Norman, MBA, CPHQ
Director of Business Intelligence at Park Nicollet Health System
Sam Van Norman is the Director of Business Intelligence and Clinical Analytics at Park Nicollet Health System, a Medicare PGP demonstration project and Pioneer ACO participant. He is also a member of the Office of Population Management, charged with developing innovative, high value health care for populations served by Park Nicollet. Sam has a wideranging background in healthcare, including work in finance, operations, quality improvement, innovation, and economics at payer, provider, and consulting organizations. Sam also teaches graduate health economics at St. Cloud State University. Prior to working in healthcare, Sam designed microchips for IBM and several failed startups. In his spare time, he plays with his two crazy children, brews beer, and tries not to destroy his house with home improvement ‘projects’. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Purdue University, and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina. He has also completed PhD coursework in Health Services Research at the University of Minnesota and is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ).
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Eboni Price-Haywood, MD, MPH
Associate Professor and Chief Medical Officer
Eboni Price-Haywood, MD, MPH is Associate Professor of Medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine and Chief Medical Officer for the Office of Community Affairs and Health Policy. She is an Operating Board member of the Crescent City Beacon Community Project (CCBC) and Chair of the Clinical Quality Improvement subcommittee. Her expertise includes optimizing use of HIT to help transform primary care clinics into medical homes.
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Adrian Rawlinson, MD
Director, Medical Informatics, Brown & Toland Physicians
Dr Adrian Rawlinson is currently the Director of Medical Informatics at Brown and Toland Physicians in San Francisco. He acts as the Physician Champion for the EHR. In addition he is also driving other healthcare IT projects including the formation of a private HIE, the roll out of an online patient portal, the development of a clinical analytics tool and the introduction of mobile devices for providers. He qualified as a Physician from the University of Leeds Medical School (UK) in 1983. He first used an EHR in clinical practice in 1987.
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W. Marshall Simpson
EVP & CCO, Healthcare IQ
With more than 20 years' experience in the health care industry, Marshall has acquired the keen business acumen and industry knowledge necessary to succeed in today's marketplace. A Senior Sales and Operations Executive, Marshall’s versatile skill sets include expertise in critical business components such as business development, strategy, operational management and information technology. In addition, he has served in multiple leadership roles where he has consistently achieved success in competitive environments through effective business development efforts and problem resolution. In addition to his role at Healthcare IQ, Marshall is a Principal at Healthcare Growth Strategies, a professional services organization that provides healthcare suppliers the opportunity to commercialize their offerings through proven market strategies. Previously, Marshall worked for Owens and Minor in various leadership capacities. In his last role as Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing, he was responsible for new business acquisitions and overseeing relationships with major group purchasing organizations.
Mr. Simpson earned a B.A. in English from Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va. He received additional training from Darden Executive Management Training, the University of Michigan (leadership training specific to health care), O&M's Division Vice President Financial Logistics Training Program and Executive Sales and Presentation Training.
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Steve Tolle
Senior Vice President of Solutions Management
As the Senior Vice President of Solutions Management, Steve leads product strategy and go-to-market business planning for Merge Healthcare. His focus is on developing enterprise and cloud-based solutions for the viewing, sharing, storing and management of images to allow healthcare providers access to any image, anywhere, any time.
Steve brings more than 20 years of healthcare industry experience working in start-up or high-growth organizations spanning multiple healthcare sectors including healthcare technology and information exchange (HIE), pharmaceuticals, managed care, behavioral healthcare, academic medicine, Preferred Provider Organizations and disease management organizations.
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Karen Tomes
Director at Allina Hospitals & Clinics
Karen Tomes has been a leader in the health care industry focusing on new models for delivering patient care, improving the patient experience, and employee engagement outcomes. Karen has worked within multiple venues in the health care arena including patient care, operations, regulatory compliance, performance improvement and payer relationships for hospitals, clinics and home care in her 30 year career. Her undergraduate is a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, followed by a Master's degree in Organizational Leadership.
Currently, Karen leads the Allina Health readmission strategic effort to reduce readmissions through improving patient transitions in her role as the Vice President of Care Management and Pt. Experience.
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Ferdinand Velasco, M.D., FHIMSS
Vice President/Chief Health Information Officer
As Texas Health’s CHIO, Dr. Ferdinand Velasco leads the system’s clinical decision support, medical and nursing informatics, business intelligence and data analytics functions across the continuum of care. This includes systemwide optimization of the electronic health record. He previously served as an assistant professor and physician champion for the implementation of a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He simultaneously practiced as a cardiothoracic surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
A Fellow of the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Dr. Velasco serves as chair of the society’s Quality, Cost, Safety Committee. Modern Healthcare honored Dr. Velasco as an inaugural member of the Top 25 Clinical Informaticists in Healthcare. He received his medical degree from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine.
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David Wennberg, MD, MPH,
CEO of the Northern New England Accountable Care Collaborative
Dr. Wennberg currently serves as the CEO of the Northern New England Accountable Care Collaborative (NNEACC). Formed by Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems and MaineHealth, NNEAC creates common financing
and accountability models and provides a common infrastructure to support the delivery of value-based accountable care. He is a current faculty member at The Dartmouth Institute. He serves as Chief Science Advisor for Bupa Health Dialog and is an active member of the Health Dialog Board of Directors.
Prior to his work with the Northern New England Accountable Care Collaborative, Dr.Wennberg co-founded Health Dialog Analytic Solutions, the analytic division of Health Dialog and served as Health Dialog’s Chief Science Officer for a number of years.
Dr.Wennberg is an internationally recognized authority on the root causes of unwarranted variation. His work has been published in many peer-reviewed medical journals including the NEJM, JAMA and the Annals of Medicine.
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Matthew Wiandt,
Vice President, Solution Development, Accountable Care Solutions, Optum
Matthew brings over 15 years of experience starting and managing new companies, products and initiatives in health care and financial services. Since 2008, Matthew has worked with integrated delivery systems to help them identify and develop the capabilities and relationships necessary to successfully operate as accountable care organizations. Matthew’s work concentrated on developing accountable care roadmaps, as well as helping providers align physicians, improve clinical performance and negotiate risk-based contracts with payers. Currently, Matthew leads Solution Development for the Accountable Care Solutions business at Optum.
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