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Here are the biographies for the confirmed speakers:
Elizabeth Johnson, BSN, RN, MSN, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
Vice Chair and Vice Chair Elect HIMSS
With over 20 years experience in executive positions and significant healthcare policy committee expertise, Ms. Johnson has a comprehensive knowledge of healthcare operations, quality measurement and the role IT and clinical transformation play in enabling the deployment of leading clinical practice.
As Vice President of Applied Clinical Informatics for Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Ms. Johnson’s responsibilities include establishing the strategic vision and tactical plan for provision of clinical systems used throughout the 52 hospital provider organization. With her leadership, Tenet is implementing a comprehensive clinical informatics vision and strategy in support of interoperability of data across the continuum of care. Liz is highly regarded for her knowledge and often speaks nationally and internationally. She has been published in professional journals on topics that improve the implementation and use of advanced clinical applications in support of healthcare operations, safety and quality. Ms. Johnson serves on numerous national committees to influence health policy and technology standardization, including her role as the Vice Chair of the HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) National Board and Co-chair of the TIGER Initiative Staff Development Collaborative.
Prior to joining Tenet, Liz served as National HIPAA Practice Leader for Healthlink (now IBM) where she performed in a variety of management roles assisting in the migration of a small boutique consulting firm into a major professional services organization in the healthcare market.
Rick Schooler, Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Rick Schooler joined Orlando Health in October, 2001 as Vice President Information Services. His current areas of responsibility include Information Technology, Telecommunications, Clinical Informatics, BioMedical Engineering, Group Purchasing, Distribution and Materials Management. Prior to joining Orlando Health, he was Vice President and CIO for Central Georgia Health System. From 1991 to 1994, Rick was Director of Systems Integration for the Methodist Hospital of Indiana. His previous employers also include Ameritech, General Dynamics, and Computer Systems Corporation.
Rick earned his Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Indianapolis and his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Technology from Purdue University.
Rick is a member of the following professional organizations: American College of Healthcare Executives (Fellow), College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (former Board Member) and the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (Senior Member). He currently serves as Board Chairman for the Health Care Center for the Homeless and Board Vice Chairman of the Central Florida Regional Health Information Organization. For the past four years, Rick has also served on the Industrial Advisory Board for the Purdue University College of Technology, department of Computer and Information Technology.
Rick and his wife Cindy of 23 years have three sons ages 23, 21 and 20 and live in downtown Orlando.
David Merritt, Center for Health Transformation
David Merritt is Vice President and National Policy Director at the Center for Health Transformation and the Gingrich Group. The Center, headed by former Speaker Newt Gingrich, is a collaboration of leaders dedicated to transforming health and healthcare in America.
Mr. Merritt advises Speaker Gingrich and leads the Center’s work on national health reform and health information technology.
Mr. Merritt’s writing has been widely published, including the Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, Chicago Sun-Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the Miami Herald. He is widely quoted in national and trade press, including the Wall Street Journal and the
Washington Post, and a frequent speaker in the industry. He has been a guest lecturer at the Yale School of Management and at Princeton University, at the invitation of visiting professor and former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. He is the editor of Paper Kills:
Transforming Health and Healthcare with Information Technology, winner of the 2007 book of the year award by the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
Mr. Merritt was a health policy adviser to the presidential campaign of Senator John McCain, having served the same role with former Senator Fred Thompson. He served on Virginia Governor Tim Kaine’s Health Information Technology Council. He also served on the
Improving Quality Workgroup of Governor Kaine’s Health Reform Commission. He has testified before state and federal hearings, including the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on privacy and health information technology. He serves on numerous advisory boards, as well
as on the board of commissioners of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT).
Prior to joining the Center, Mr. Merritt was with America’s Health Insurance Plans. He earned his Master’s degree in political science and government from Loyola University Chicago, and he earned his Bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University.
Barry Silbaugh MD MS FACPE , CEO of the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE)
Barry Silbaugh MD MS FACPE was named CEO of the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) in October 2008. With nearly 10,000 members, ACPE offers leadership and management training for physicians, certification in medical management, and the option of obtaining an advanced management degree through one of the College’s four university partners. He believes that the heartbeat of health care leadership is the clinician’s vow to “First, do no harm”, and that all functions of the health system should serve to accomplish that goal.
His career has included full time clinical work as an internist/hematologist, medical director of a Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, vice president of medical operations for a large national health system, Chief Medical Officer of a consumer-focused Internet start up, and consulting focused on patient safety and high reliability.
Dr. Silbaugh is a Fellow and Past President of ACPE, and a Master Faculty member of the national Patient Safety Education Project. Passionately curious about people and their efforts to improve their world, he has led or represented ACPE on professional delegations to China, Tibet, Rwanda, and Poland in the past three years. He is devoting his efforts at ACPE to bringing management and leadership education to physicians and their teams to accelerate the pace of improvement – whether they work to improve a clinical process, or an entire system.
He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Medical Management. He has a BA and MD from the University of Iowa, and a Master’s in Administrative Medicine from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
David E. Milov, M.D., Chief of Clinical Information Systems, Nemours
David Milov, MD was born in Chateroux, France. He received his BS degree with High Honors in microbiology from the University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville, FL. His medical education was accomplished at the Universidad Central Del Este in the Dominican Republic (DR) and his medical degree is from the Centro de Estudios Technicos, also in the DR. His internship was served at Shands Hospital in Jacksonville, Fl. His Pediatric Residency, Chief Residency (PL-4), and sub-specialty fellowship (Gastroenterology and Nutrition) were done at the UF Shands
Teaching Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. He has been CMIO at Nemours since 2007.
Dr. Milov is a member of the American Board of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, the Florida Medical Association, the Orange County Medical Association, and the Central Florida Pediatric Society. He is a Fellow of the AAP, American College of Pediatric Executives and American College of Gastroenterology, HIMSS and AMIA. He currently serves on the Executive Committee for the AAP Section on Home Care. He is a member of the HL-7 Peds Sig and Technical Expert Panel for Electronic Health Records to the American Gastroenterology Association. He is a contributing reviewer for the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Pediatrics and Digestive Disease and Science and the web sites KidsHealth.org and eMedicine.com. Dr. Milov is listed in America's Best Doctors and "Top Doctors in Orlando" in Orlando magazine. He has multiple publications in the field of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Quality Improvement and Informatics. He is currently funded in part by the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) for work translating Clinical Guidelines into electronic decision support.
Dr Milov has created several intellectual properties for Nemours (patents and trademarks) which have reached the market after purchase by a leading vendor of electronic health records. He has created and copyrighted the first comprehensive training video for teaching clinicians how to use EpicCare. He has successfully lead the implementation of software for OR management, CPOE, Clinical Documentation, Pharmacy Systems and Emergency Department.
