Featured Speakers
Gary Baldwin
Editorial Director
Health Data Management
Doug Blair
Senior Director, Physician Information Systems
Mt. Carmel Health System
Charles Christian
CIO
Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes, Ind.
Charles E. Christian, FCHIME, FHIMSS is the Director of Information Systems and CIO of the Good Samaritan Hospital, a 101-year old free-standing, acute care, community hospital in southwest Indiana. Christian is responsible for all information technology activities throughout the enterprise; which includes Good Samaritan Hospital, Samaritan Center, Good Samaritan – Lincoln Trail Hospice, as well as outpatient/outreach clinics. Christian is serving his 20th year in this role and his 38th year in healthcare.
Dan Drawbaugh
CIO
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Dan Drawbaugh has provided over 25 years of strategic leadership in the areas of Information and Biomedical Technologies that has positioned the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) as a world-class IT organization on par with leading technical organizations across all industries.
Matt Ebaugh
Chief Information Officer
Silver Cross Hospital, Joliet, IL
Steven Fox
Vice President, Provider Network Management
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Steve Fox is the Vice President of Provider Network Management in the Health Care Services Division of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA). He is responsible for the strategic direction and oversight of all provider relations, education, communication, and eHealth initiatives within the division.
Steven J. Fox
Partner
Post & Schell
Steven J. Fox is an acknowledged and well-known national authority on legal issues regarding information technology, e-commerce and healthcare information technology. He is Chair of the firm’s Information Technology Group and Co-Chair of its Data Protection Group. He assists clients with legal issues and strategic counseling involving technology, e-commerce and healthcare information systems.
Larry Garber, MD
Medical Director, Informatics
Fallon Clinic, Ambulatory Multi-Specialty Medical Group, Worchester, MA
Dr. Garber is the Medical Director for Informatics at Fallon Clinic. He has had decades of experience and success in Medical Informatics. Shortly after joining Fallon Clinic in 1986, he became Chairman of the Medical Records Committee, leading the clinic through an extensive redesign of the paper medical record system. Twenty years later, he successfully led the replacement of these paper records with Epic’s Electronic Health Record system for the clinic’s 1 million visits each year.
Susan Heichert, BSN, MA, FHIMSS
SVP & CIO
Allina Hospitals and Clinics, MN
Susan is the Sr. VP and Chief Information Officer (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 Informatics for over 20 years in various capacities.
Dan Martich, MD
Chief Medical Officer
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
G. Daniel Martich, M.D. has led the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s (UPMC) efforts in deploying clinical information technology for one of the nation’s largest integrated delivery networks. During his tenure as CMIO, UPMC has gained a reputation as the nation's premier innovator in leveraging new products, processes and technology to solve various information technology needs for the betterment of patient care.
Bill McQuaid
Assistant Vice President & CIO
Parkview Adventist Medical Center, Brunswick, ME
Dan Rode
VP, Policy and Government Relations
American Health Information Management Association
Brandon Savage
Chief Medical Officer
GE Healthcare IT
Brandon Savage, MD, is the Chief Medical Officer for GE Healthcare IT and the General Manager of Global Marketing. His responsibilities include working with the healthcare community to establish GE’s clinical vision and roadmap and then driving these into current and future products. Leveraging this roadmap, the enterprise team seeks to establish integrated product suites, which enable digital communities and early health.
Phyllis Schuck
CIO
Pinehurst Surgical, Pinehurst, NC
Joseph Scopelliti, MD
President and CEO
Guthrie Clinic, Sayer, PA
