Thought leadership on the hottest trends in healthcare

Bob has more than 25 years of leadership experience in the Software & IT Services industry. As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of athenahealth, he focuses on advancing technology that simplifies healthcare operations and strengthens connections across the healthcare ecosystem. His interests include:

• Advancing a more connected, collaborative, and human model of care
• Supporting sustainable, accountable innovation in healthcare technology
• Understanding and delivering on the needs of physicians and healthcare organizations

Dr. Jessel has 20 years of experience as a practicing pediatrician and now acts as a clinical informaticist invested in the ways in which technology can enhance healthcare. Some of her interests include:

• How small practices can implement and optimize with tech
• Using tech to reduce clinician burnout
• Leveraging EHRs and insights from tech to analyze and find solutions in behavioral health and patient communications

Paul is the former CEO of PatientKeeper with over 25 years in healthcare IT. He utilizes this extensive background to help drive the purposeful innovation that clinicians need. Some of his work includes the following:

• Optimizing practice workflows
• The need for EHR simplification and ease of use to help ease physician burden

Michael has prior experience in healthcare strategy at Deloitte and as the VP of Platform & Data Services at athenahealth while also serving on the CommonWell Health Alliance Board. Michael’s responsibilities include:

• Overseeing athenahealth’s holistic strategic vision
• Driving business growth and enhancing its impact in healthcare

With over 25 years of experience in technology marketing, Stacy helps spearhead brand growth and market impact with full-funnel campaigns. This includes brand, communications, and demand strategies. She speaks to the role of AI in health tech, including:

• Utilizing AI to service practices in providing more patient-centric care
• Rebranding the role of AI in the health tech arena to ground solution-based work in reality

Armed with 15 years of prior experience at KPMG and several years in his previous role of Vice President of Commercial Strategy and Operations at athenahealth, Chris focuses on customer performance improvement by way of clinical transformation and technology:

• Serving a platform that empowers customers to achieve better healthcare outcomes
• Leveraging technology to optimize revenue efficiency and dedicate more time to patient care

Alicia boasts nearly 20 years of experience with athenahealth, previously serving as the Executive Director of Product Analytics. She speaks to AI functionality and EHR usability, including:

• How physicians experience and respond to AI evolution in real time
• AI adoption and scaling in healthcare workflows
• Why AI is transforming clinical documentation

Chad brings two decades of experience delivering innovations focused on the clinician and patient needs. His many passions include:

• What physicians really want from their EHR
• Using AI to help transform healthcare data interoperability

From his role as a healthcare advocacy lead at McKesson to his current role at athenahealth, Joe has over 25 years of experience as a healthcare policy leader helping to shape regulatory strategy at the federal, state, and local levels. He writes on regulatory considerations when integrating AI technology into healthcare performance, including:

• How health tech can assist with reimbursement to account for operational costs
• Using AI technology in an equitable matter to cover a broader clientele base
• Ethical use and practice for AI in health tech

Sam leads efforts to enhance healthcare interoperability and data-driven innovation and brings deep expertise in health IT, including:

• Driving solutions to improve connectivity
• Promoting heightened accessibility and streamlining better patient outcomes