Relentless Health Value

Matthew Darling is a Vice President at ideas42 and Teaching Fellow in Economic Design at Harvard University. He has contributed to ideas42 projects in poverty, health care, early childhood education, financial literacy, mortgage default reduction, climate change, and labor economics. Like all humans, Matt has a limited memory – he might be forgetting a few project domains. Matt graduated from Hampshire College with a self-designed concentration in economics and cognitive science, and from Tufts University with a MS in economics. He has previously worked as a consultant at Kohlberg and Associates, and as a research assistant at the Stanford Neuroeconomics Lab. In his copious free time he enjoys reading, biking and playing ultimate frisbee or board games.

Dr. Soheil Saadat, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GenieMD, is responsible for charting the company's global course. He founded GenieMD in 2012 with more than 25 years of technology and executive management experience. In 2005 he founded Prodiance Corporation a global leader in enterprise Risk Management Solutions. Prodiance was acquired by Microsoft Corporation in 2011. Prior to Prodiance he founded Scientific Software, Inc., (SSI). Under his direction, SSI became a world leader in the chromatography and scientific data management markets, with its products deployed in the top pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. SSI was acquired by Agilent Technologies (NASDAQ:A) in 2005. Prior to Scientific Software he held the position of Director of Software at Tencor Instruments (NASDAQ:KLAC). He is passionate about using technology to solve real life problems. He enjoys mentoring young entrepreneurs and has been an active investor and serves on the Board of a number of software startups in Silicon Valley. His philanthropic focus is providing opportunities for the youth to achieve their fullest potential through educational assistance. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. You can find out more at Friendlycares.com or GenieMD.com.

Maxwell Stroud, MSW is a Lead Consultant in healthcare IT at with a professional background in both healthcare and social work. Max has been consulting in Health IT for over 8 years, primarily in the ambulatory space. She has worked with every aspect of health IT in ambulatory care including facilitating clinics through the transition from paper to electronic formats,supporting teams through major system-wide upgrades as well as add-on implementations and integration projects. Max has a passion for collaborative process and building processes that bring all stakeholders to the table to build systems that meet the needs of the business organization, the providers and the patients. Max is an active blogger and participant in conversations about the future of health IT. Blogs: http://blog.galenhealthcare.com/author/maxhenson-stroud/ Twitter: @MMaxwellStroud LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxstroud Galen Healthcare Solutions website: http://www.galenhealthcare.com/

Dr. Simpson is the president and chief executive officer of AcademyHealth. A nationally recognized health policy researcher and pediatrician, she is a passionate advocate for the translation of research into policy and practice. Her research focused on improving the performance of the health care system and included studies of the quality and safety of care, health and health care disparities and the health policy and system response to childhood obesity. Before joining AcademyHealth, Dr. Simpson was director of the Child Policy Research Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and professor of pediatrics in the Division of Health Policy and Clinical Effectiveness, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati. She served as the Deputy Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality from 1996 to 2002. Dr. Simpson serves on the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program National Advisory Council, and the Editorial boards for the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research and Frontiers in Public Health Systems and Services Research. Dr. Simpson earned her undergraduate and medical degrees at Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland), a master's in public health at the University of Hawaii, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in health services research and health policy at the University of California, San Francisco. She was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by the Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies in 2013. You can find out more information at www.academyhealth.org or by emailing Lisa at lisa.simpson@academyhealth.org.

James Grant, a founding member of CareSync and "recovering attorney", currently serves as the Director of National Markets for CareSync. In addition to his role at CareSync, James is a member of the Florida House of Representatives. He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Auburn University and received his law degree from the Stetson University College of Law. You can find out more at Caresync.com, on Facebook and/or Twitter @Caresync.

Partners for Better Care is proud to introduce its Executive Director, Mary Richards. Mary joins the team with nearly twenty years of patient advocacy, policy, lobbying, and Congressional experience. For five years, Mary led the Alzheimer's Association's federal policy agenda on Capitol Hill and with the Administration, which included efforts on medical innovation, aging, care delivery, and long-term care. Kicking off a period of intense activity and successes for the Alzheimer's community, Mary worked to draft and enact the National Alzheimer's Project Act – the first Alzheimer's-specific bill to be enacted in 18 years. Research funding remained a top-priority for the Association and Mary secured more than $500 million in additional Alzheimer's-specific funds at NIH and created a new program at the Department of Defense for Alzheimer's research. During this time, Mary was the founding Executive Director of the Alzheimer's Impact Movement (AIM), an independent political organization working in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association. Under Mary's leadership, AIM was the first patient advocacy 501c4 organization to launch an affiliated Political Action Committee (PAC), which grew to be a mid-sized PAC within its first political cycle. Prior to joining the Alzheimer's Association, Mary served as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Parkinson's Action Network (PAN). At PAN, she directed the government relations' activities of the Parkinson's community, primarily focused on public policy efforts to hasten research and development of breakthrough therapies. In addition to enactment of legislation and regulatory decisions specifically helpful to the Parkinson's community, Mary led several efforts with widespread patient-centered research implications, including a policy development effort that began in 2009 and made specific recommendations for a new translational science center at NIH. Additionally, she was one of four Legislative Team Leaders for the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR). Mary began her career in Washington by working on Capitol Hill for more than 6 years for two Members of the House of Representatives. As a senior legislative aide, she focused on health policy and worked on the Patient's Bill of Rights and creation of Medicare Part D, among other issues, with the Congressional Democratic Health Care Task-force. Mary graduated from James Madison University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. She has served as a board member of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA and the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, as well as holding leadership positions with the National Health Council. You can find out more at partnersforbettercare.org, or by emailing mrichards@partnersforbettercare.org.

Dr. Ostrovsky is a practicing physician and social entrepreneur who leads Care at Hand's executive management and strategic vision. He has led teams at the World Health Organization, United States Senate, and San Francisco Health Department toward health system strengthening through technology. Andrey has contributed to legislation at the city and national level to advance care delivery for vulnerable populations. And he serves on several boards and committees dedicated to interoperability standards, quality improvement, and innovation including the National Quality Forum, a Federal Advisory Committee on Interoperability Standards, the eLTSS workgroup within ONC, and the Commonwealth Fund's Advisory Board for the Breakthrough Opportunities Program, among others. He is a published researcher in public health informatics, quality improvement, healthcare innovation, social entrepreneurship, and care coordination. You can find out more at www.careathand.com

Troy Trygstad, PharmD, PhD, MBA, is Vice President of Pharmacy Programs at Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC), a parent organization of 14 regional care-management networks. These networks bring together medical practices, county health departments, hospital systems, and mental health providers to integrate care delivery for Medicaid, Medicare, private plans, employers, and the uninsured. CCNC and its networks are responsible for developing and evaluating innovative care systems in North Carolina. Under his direction at CCNC, the Network Pharmacist Program has grown to include pharmacists who are involved in a number of diverse activities including medication reconciliation, e-prescribing facilitation, and management of pharmacy benefits. He has also been involved in novel adherence implementations, as well as the development of adherence technologies that use administrative claims data to predict, intervene, and triage adherence interventions and coaching opportunities. Dr. Trygstad received his PharmD and MBA degrees from Drake University and a PhD in pharmaceutical outcomes and policy from the University of North Carolina. Twitter: @TroyTrygstad

Lisa R. Erwin is President of The E2 Group, LLC a managed markets consulting company that specializes in Medicare Part D clinical program strategic and operational expertise with a strong focus on Quality and Star Ratings. She also serves as VP of Clinical Strategies for Aventria/Pinnacle Health Communications, a managed market agency. A common theme of Ms. Erwin's 30-year pharmacy career encompassing long-term care, managed-care and hospital pharmacy has been a focus on improving the quality of medication utilization in the senior population. Most recently, Lisa held the position of Senior Director, Medicare Clinical Quality for Catamaran, a pharmacy benefit manager based in Schaumburg, Illinois. In her role at Catamaran, Lisa directed the company STAR ratings strategy and developed analytic and clinical intervention programs with an emphasis on close health plan client collaboration. She also has served as Pharmacy Director for Medicare Business at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, a provider of PDP and MAPD offerings. As Vice President, Clinical Operations for Omnicare, Inc., the largest institutional pharmacy provider in the United States, she oversaw the implementation of clinical and health management initiatives which were which were uniquely designed to serve 1.2 million residents of skilled facilities, assisted living and other institutions in 48 states. Erwin is a graduate of the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy and has been credentialed as a Certified Geriatric Pharmacist by the Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy. She has served as a member of the ASCP Task Force on Medication Therapy Management and the Editorial Advisory Board for The Consultant Pharmacist journal. Lisa held the position of co-chair of Stakeholder Advisory Panel (SAP-B) for the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) in 2015 and currently is an appointed member of the Measure Update Panel (MUP) for PQA.

William Heisel is the Director of Global Engagement at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). In this role, Heisel is responsible for IHME's media relations, digital outreach, events and marketing, publications, scientific communications, and external relations, including government engagements and policy translation. He also is leading IHME's internal community-building initiatives and manages the organization's advancement efforts. As Director of Global Engagement, Heisel oversees the publication of Population Health Metrics, the scientific journal administratively housed at IHME, and advises on the Institute's publication strategy. He and IHME's Chief Strategy and Operations Officer oversee communications and coordination with the growing Global Burden of Disease collaborative network, currently at more than 1,000 researchers in more than 100 countries. In addition, his team administers the Roux Prize, one of global health's highest honors. Heisel, who joined IHME in 2009, has a BA in Journalism and Spanish from the University of Montana. Prior to joining the Institute, he was a reporter at the Los Angeles Times. IHME was established at the University of Washington in Seattle in 2007. Its mission is to improve health through better health evidence. You can find out more at healthdata.org.