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Mark R. Anderson, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
CEO and Healthcare IT Futurist
AC Group, Inc.
e-mail: mark.anderson@acgroup.org
Mr. Anderson is one of the nation's premier IT research futurists dedicated to health care. He is one of the leading national speakers on healthcare and physician practices and has spoken at more than 450 conferences and meetings since 2000. He has spent the last 34+ years focusing on Healthcare – not just technology questions, but strategic, policy, and organizational considerations. He tracks industry trends, conducts member surveys and case studies, assesses best practices, and performs benchmarking studies.
Besides serving at the CEO of AC Group, Mr. Anderson served as the interim CIO for the Taconic IPA in 2004-05 (a 500 practice, 2,300+ physician IPA located in upper New York). Prior to joining AC Group, Inc. in February of 2000, Mr. Anderson was the worldwide head and VP of healthcare for META Group, Inc., the Chief Information Officer (CIO) with West Tennessee Healthcare, the Corporate CIO for the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Health System, the Corporate Internal IT Consultant with the Sisters of Providence (SOP) Hospitals, and the Executive Director for Management Services for Denver Health and Hospitals and Harris County Hospital District.
His experience includes 34+ years working with Healthcare organizations, 20+ years working with physician offices, 7 years in the development of physician-based MSOs, 17 years with multi-facility Health Care organizations, 15 years Administrative Executive Team experience, 6 years as a member of the Corporate Executive Team, and 9 years in healthcare turnaround consulting. Mr. Anderson received his BS in Business, is completing his MBA in Health Care Administration, and is a Fellow with HIMSS. Additionally, he serves on numerous healthcare advisory positions and has developed programs including:
o Developer of the Six-levels of Healthcare IT for Hospitals and the Physician Office
o Researcher and producer of the 2002-2008 PMS/EHR Functional rating system
o Advisory Board and Content Chairman – Future Healthcare, 2007-08
o Advisory Board and Content Chairman – Physician and Hospital Bonding Summit, 2008
o Advisory Board and Content Chairman - Healthcare IT Outsourcing Summit, 2002-08
o Advisory Board and Content Chairman - Patient Safety and CPOE Summit, 2002-06
o Advisory Board and Content Chairman – Consumer Driven Healthcare Conference, 2003, 2004
o Advisory Board and CPOE Chairman - Reducing Medication Errors, 2003, 2004, 2005
o Advisory Board of TETHIC 2003, 2004, 2005
o Advisory Board of NMHCC 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
o Advisory Board of TCBI Healthcare Conference 2000 - 08
o Advisory Board of TEPR and MRI, 2000-08
o Past President of Local HIMSS Boards – Houston, Tennessee, Southwest TX
o Editorial Board of Healthcare Informatics 2001 - 06
o Judge, MSHUG ISA, 1999-2005, TEPR Awards, 2001-2002, TETHIE 2003-05, HDSC 2003-05
o National HIMSS Chapters Committee 2001 - 04
o National HIMSS Fellows Committee 2001, 2002, 2004
o National HIMSS Programs Workgroup Committee 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007
o Chair HIMSS HIE Education Task Force - 2007-08
o Member of HIMSS RGHIO Best Practices - 2007-08
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