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President, Clinovations, LLC
Ms. Samarth is President of Clinovations where she assists healthcare organizations and national initiatives in their health IT efforts. Ms. Samarth has fifteen years of experience in the health care and technology industries in both management and delivery positions. Ms. Samarth has provided leadership in the areas of business strategy, operations and financial management, marketing, pre-sales consulting, product design, toolset development, project management, and EHR implementation to over 60 organizations nationwide.
Ms. Samarth currently leads Technical Assistance activities for the AHRQ National Resource Center for Health Information Technology, is developing select AHIC Use Cases for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and leading certification development for Electronic Prescribing for the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT). Previously, she was a Program Director at the eHealth Initiative (eHI), National Practice Manager for the EMR Clinical Consulting practice for GE Healthcare Information Technologies, Practice Manager at First Consulting Group (now Computer Sciences Corporation), and Senior Consultant with Andersen Consulting (Accenture) in the areas of health care and technology consulting. Ms. Samarth holds Bachelor of Science degrees from Johns Hopkins University in Biomedical Engineering and in Electrical Computer Engineering.
Anita will be speaking on the Electronic Health Records: Using Social Media To Drive Health IT Adoption panel.
Web Manager, Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
Andrew is in the Web Communications & New Media Division for the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs in HHS. His responsibilities include management of the Flu.gov Web site and as well as leadership for the HHS Center for New Media. Prior to coming to HHS, Andrwe was the Web Manager for USDA’s Cooperative State Research, Education & Extension Service (CSREES).
Andrew will be speaking on the Drug & Food Safety In The Age Of Social Media and Transparency panel.
Founder, Web2.0h…Really?
Founder, Stoltz Digital Strategies
Former Editorial Director, Revolution Health
Craig Stoltz, a 20-year veteran of the media industry, helps clients engage audiences using social media and other digital approaches. His specialty is helping smart people use social media without looking foolish.
Stoltz edited the Washington Post’s award-winning health section for six years. He later served as editorial director of Revolution Health, AOL founder Steve Case’s consumer social web startup. As the Washington Post’s first consumer technology editor he led early newsroom innovations including an “underground” e-mail newsletter, a branded multimedia franchise devoted to food and health, and the paper’s first print/digital co-publication.
As a consultant he launched the beta of PBS Engage, the public TV network’s signature social media initiative. He’s developed strategic communications plans for professional groups, small and large businesses and non-profits. Sometimes they include social media. Sometimes they don’t.
He has spoken about social media to the Consumer Electronics Association, the American Medical Association, the Health 2.0 Conference, the Center for Information Therapy Annual Conference, the NVision Future of Journalism Meeting, the George Washington University School of Public Health, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the National Association of Science Writers.
Stoltz’s blog, Web 2.0h. . .Really?, offers a skeptical view of Web 2.0. It was somewhat inexplicably named one of Time.com’s Top 25 blogs.
He lives in Bethesda with his African Grey parrot Koko, his wife and two teenage boys.
Craig will “Set the Stage”.
David HaleInformation Specialist, NIH
Semantic Processing of Twitter Traffic for Epidemic Surveillance
David Hale is an emerging technology and social media evangelist at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health. He is project lead for SemanticTwitter, which focuses on semantic and natural language processing of H1N1-related Twitter posts for biosurveillance, determination of public sentiment, and targeted information dissemination. The work is based on the NLM’s Semantic MEDLINE prototype.
Mr. Hale is also the project manager of Pillbox, an NLM/FDA patient-safety initiative which mashes federal pharmaceutical data sets and high-resolution images of solid-dosage medications, utilizing imaging techniques developed by the Pillbox team. Pillbox utilizes Adobe Flex to create a persona-based, rich user experience focused on rapid identification of unknown tablets and capsules. The entire project (images, data, imaging standards, software, and graphic assets) will eventually be placed in the public domain.
He is leading NLM’s entry into various social media channels, such as Twitter and SlideShare.
Mr. Hale’s background is in physical science, as well as photography and digital content creation. Follow him at http://twitter.com/lostonroute66.
David will be speaking on the H1N1 Influenza: How Social Media Improves Communication & Collaboration For Public Health panel.
Senior Social Media Strategist, Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Erin Edgerton, M.A., is a Senior Social Media Strategist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Marketing (NCHM). In coordination with the HHS Center for Social Media, Erin develops integrated communication campaigns that leverage emerging technology, builds strategic collaborations for comprehensive social media outreach, and works with regional and national partners to develop new opportunities for reaching diverse populations. Prior to joining the CDC, Erin worked as a marketing and PR specialist in both the Washington, DC, and Boston medical communities. She earned her Masters of Arts degree in Health Communication from the Emerson College/Tufts School of Medicine joint program and a Bachelors of Arts degree in Public Relations from the University of Maryland’s School of Communication.
Erin will be speaking on the H1N1 Influenza: How Social Media Improves Communication & Collaboration For Public Health panel.
Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer, Ozmosis
Dr. Bhan is a practicing Family Physician and seasoned entrepreneur who served as a consultant and medical adviser to Medsite prior to its acquisition by WebMD. At Medsite, Dr. Bhan helped develop the company’s core strategy for e-detailing and online physician retention. While in medical school, Jason served as the Medical and Technology Officer for VirtualMed, Inc. and helped launch MiamiHealth.com, which provided physicians with an online presence. Jason completed his Doctor of Medicine at the University of Miami School of Medicine in 2000. From 2000 to 2003 he completed his residency with the Medical College of Virginia (MCV), serving as Chief Resident in 2003. Jason is currently in private practice in affiliation with Inova Hospital Systems. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor and Community Preceptor at MCV and is board certified in Family Medicine.
Jason will be speaking on the H1N1 Influenza: How Social Media Improves Communication & Collaboration For Public Health panel.
Co-Founder & CEO, Ozmosis
As an innovator, entrepreneur and thought leader in healthcare and social media, Joel launched Ozmosis, The Trusted Physician’s Network, with Jason Bhan in February 2007. Dedicated to transforming healthcare, Ozmosis enables the sharing and discovery of medical knowledge powered through a trusted network of physicians.
Prior to Ozmosis, Joel co-founded Medical Funding Services, a technology and financial services firm that brought healthcare payors and providers together to streamline the remediation of healthcare claims and payments electronically. Previously, he served as a manager and global subject matter expert in wireless technology and e-business at IBM Global Services. At IBM he led complex e-business infrastructure projects and launched a new group devoted to mobility and wireless solutions.
Joel began his career at American Management Systems where he developed business intelligence and social network analysis systems for the U.S. Government. He received his MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia where he created the Batten Venture Boot Camp and worked for Updata Partners. Joel received his B.A. in International Relations from Georgetown University.
Joel will present the “Welcome & Introductions” as well as the “Closing Remarks”.
Founder, Clear Voice Consulting, LLC
Lygeia Ricciardi is a Special Advisor to the Health Privacy Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT). The Project is focused on developing and promoting public policies that ensure individual privacy as personal health information is shared electronically.
Through her consulting practice at Clear Voice Consulting, LLC, Ms. Ricciardi works on the development of ehealth policies, implementation, and public outreach, with an emphasis on the role of consumers. In addition to CDT, her other clients include the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) and the Robert Wood Johnson-sponsored Project HealthDesign, for which she writes a blog on personal Health records (PHRs). Former clients include the California HealthCare Foundation, the eHealth Initiative, and Harvard Business School.
Prior to forming Clear Voice Consulting in 2007, Lygeia spent six years at the Markle Foundation, where she was a Director of the Health Program and helped to develop the Connecting for Health Common Framework. She has spent the last decade working on issues related to ehealth, online learning, and technology policy in both the public and private sectors.
Ms Ricciardi graduated magna cum laude from Wellesley College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She earned a Masters in Technology in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, with extensive independent study and coursework at the MIT Media Lab.
Lygeia will be speaking on the Electronic Health Records: Using Social Media To Drive Health IT Adoption panel.
Patricia Hinton Walker, PhD, RN, FAAN
Vice President for Nursing Policy & Professor of Nursing, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
After becoming a nurse at the University of Kansas, Patricia Hinton Walker (Pat) has enjoyed a rewarding professional nursing career transitioning from bedside practice to executive-level management in healthcare administration. She has served in national leadership roles and on boards-of-directors in both nursing and interdisciplinary organizations. Most recently, she accepted the role of Vice President for Nursing Policy at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, where she served previously as a Dean, in Bethesda, MD and during this time added coaching to her national and international consulting business.
After receiving her PhD in Higher Education Administration from the University of Mississippi in the early 1980’s, she enjoyed a professional career as a nurse academician. In that capacity, she served as a Dean or Associate Dean in a number of both private and public universities such as: Mississippi College (MS), Emory University (GA), University of Rochester (NY), University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Additionally, she served in an endowed chair at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. In 2001, she was selected as a Senior Scholar in Residence at the Agency for Healthcare, Research and Policy within Health and Human Services, where she focused on cost and quality outcomes, as well as patient safety research.
Patricia will be speaking on the Drug & Food Safety In The Age Of Social Media and Transparency panel.
President & CEO, Amplify Public Affairs
Creator, Disruptive Women in Health Care Blog
Robin Strongin is an accomplished public affairs expert with more than 25 years of experience working in Washington, DC. Her areas of specialization include health care, science, technology and innovation. Robin has worked with and for Federal and state governments, regulatory agencies, Congress, think tanks, nonprofit organizations, corporations, coalitions and trade associations. Before becoming President of Amplify, Robin was a Managing Partner at the public affairs firm Polidais, LLC. Before joining Polidais, Robin served as a Senior Research Associate with the National Health Policy Forum at George Washington University. While at the Forum, she organized seminars for congressional and executive staff, authored numerous publications, and worked closely with a range of state and federal agencies, professional societies, advocacy groups and consumer organizations. She served as acting Executive Director and Director of Research for the Health Care Technology Institute. Her previous tenures with health and policy organizations include the National Leadership Coalition on Health Care and the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (now the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission). She was selected as a Presidential Management Intern and worked in the Office of Legislation and Policy of the Health Care Financing Administration (now the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), in addition to serving in the Office of Congressman James J. Florio (D-NJ). Robin is currently serving on the Public Affairs Council’s Senior Executive Task Force and the AcademyHealth Health Policy Communications Interest Group Advisory Committee. She has recently been appointed to the board of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).
Robin will be moderating the Drug & Food Safety In The Age Of Social Media and Transparency panel.
Director, Web Communications, Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Sanjay J. Koyani, Director of Web Communications in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), leads Web design and usability efforts for the FDA. As director, he sets strategic direction for FDA.gov and related media, including the implementation of a content management system, Web governance, continued evolution of FDA.gov, assessment of Web 2.0 opportunities, and institutionalization of user–centered design approaches.
Prior to FDA, Sanjay served as a Senior Usability Specialist in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Web Communications Division. At HHS, he led Web design and usability efforts on HHS websites and other digital communication systems. He served as project manager for the development of key evidence–based resources—like Usability.gov, the first usability portal in the Federal government, and the Research?Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines resource—which help Web managers and designers create highly responsive and usable websites. Sanjay served as manager of the Web Design and Usability Section in the Communication Technologies Branch at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) from 1999 to 2003. From 1995 to 1999, He served with NCI’s Patient Education Branch (PEB) as a Health Communications Specialist responsible for designing, managing, promoting, and evaluating multimedia health education and promotion programs targeted to patients, health professionals, and the public.
Sanjay holds a Masters of Public Health from the University of Tennessee and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Purdue University.
Sanjay will be speaking on the Drug & Food Safety In The Age Of Social Media and Transparency panel.
CEO, Netspective
Shahid N. Shah is an internationally recognized and influential healthcare IT thought leader who is known as “The Healthcare IT Guy” across the Internet. He is a consultant to various federal agenices on IT matters and winner of Federal Computer Week’s coveted “Fed 100″ award given to IT experts that have made a big impact in the government. Shahid has architected and built multiple clinical solutions over his almost 20 year career. He helped design and deploy the American Red Cross’s electronic health record solution across thousands of sites; he’s built two web-based EMRs now in use by hundreds of physicians; he’s designed large groupware and collaboration sites in use by thousands; and, as an ex-CTO for a billion dollar division of CardinalHealth he helped design advanced clinical interfaces for medical devices and hospitals. Shahid also serves as a senior technology strategy advisor to NIH’s SBIR/STTR program helping small businesses commercialize their healthcare applications. Shahid runs three successful blogs. At http://shahid.shah.org he writes about architecture issues, at http://www.healthcareguy.com he provides valuable insights on how to apply technology in health care, athttp://www.federalarchitect.com he advises senior federal technologists, and at http://www.hitsphere.com he gives a glimpse of the health-care IT blogosphere as an aggregator.
Shahid will be moderating the H1N1 Influenza: How Social Media Improves Communication & Collaboration For Public Health panel.
Medical Director, Operations Improvement, The Permanente Federation, LLC
Ted Eytan currently works as a Medical Director for Delivery Systems Operations Improvement for the Permanente Federation, LLC. His experience is in working with large medical groups, patients, and technologists to bring health care consumers useful information and decision-making health tools, to ensure that patients have an active role in their own health care.
Dr. Eytan is board certified in family practice. He has relocated to Washington, DC, from Seattle, working in the area of patient-centered health care enabled by technology, with organizations including the California Healthcare Foundation.
He attended medical school at the University of Arizona. He received his master’s of public health degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and his master’s of science, health services degree from the University of Washington. He completed his residency training at Group Health and his fellowship training in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Washington in 2000.
His particular interests are patient and family involvement in care, health information technology, and supporting the health and diversity of communities.
Ted will be speaking on the Electronic Health Records: Using Social Media To Drive Health IT Adoption panel.
CEO & Founder, Clinovations, LLC
Dr. Trenor Williams is the founder of Clinovations and is a Family Practice physician.He has over 15 years of experience in healthcare and over the last six years he has been a national consulting leader in the healthcare provider and government sectors.
Dr. Williams has extensive experience in the implementation of healthcare technology, clinical process redesign, consumer market strategy development, and clinical adoption strategy development for leading hospital systems here in the United States and around the world.Currently Trenor is leading engagements for the Clinovations team at Bon Secours Health System, Adventist Healthcare and University Health System.Dr. Williams is also an experienced speaker and regularly presents to hospitals and clinical leaders on these topics.
Prior to beginning his consulting career in 2002, Trenor was the medical director of Family Practice at Mammoth Hospital in California and was a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Naval Reserve.
Trenor will be speaking on the Electronic Health Records: Using Social Media To Drive Health IT Adoption panel.
Medical Blogger
CEO, Better Health LLC
Val Jones, M.D., is the CEO of Better Health, LLC, a medical blogger network and education company. Most recently she was the Senior Medical Director of Revolution Health, a consumer health portal with over 120 million page views per month in its network. Dr. Jones is the author of the popular blog, “Getting Better with Dr. Val”, which won The Best New Medical Blog award in 2007 and was a finalist in the health policy and ethics category for 2008. Dr. Jones has been quoted by various major media outlets, including USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and the LA Times. She has been a guest on over 20 different radio shows, and was featured on CBS News. Dr. Jones volunteers as a rehabilitation medicine physician at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and is a graduate of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Disclosures: Dr. Val Jones is a consultant for MedPage Today.
Val will be speaking on the Drug & Food Safety In The Age Of Social Media and Transparency panel.
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