About Me

Mantra: To Constantly Acquire Knowledge and Expertise to be of Service to Others.

Vision Statement: Continuously Improving Healthcare through the development of Radiology and Health Information Technology products and solutions.

Mission Statement: My mission is to provide the Healthcare Information Technology & Information Systems Domains with ever continuosly acquired expert knowledge, consulting services, products and solutions with the objective to assist clinicians and other health care providers in improving their services through the efficient and harmonious use of technology which ultimately helps improve the quality, or save the life, of their patients.

 

Michael is an entrepreneur and an Enterprise and Solutions Architect in the Healthcare IT domain.  His specialty is Healthcare Interoperability and Integration.  He also specializes in healthcare technology standards, certification processes, and harmonization initiatives such as: HL7, DICOM, ASC X12, IHE, HITSP, CCHIT and others. 

Michael has experience in large-scale enterprise deployments of Health Information Systems (HIS) and Electronic Health Records (EHR) in many organizations throughout the world. He has also been an independent consultant for healthcare organizations and software development companies.

Michael has worked in projects sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN) where he played a leading role in developing Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) in the South American continent.

Michael has implemented HL7 CCOW (Context Management) and Single Sign-on  (SSO) solutions in major healthcare delivery networks in the United States and having accomplished them in record times.

Michael has held diverse positions, both executive and technical, throughout his career:

• Senior Software Engineer
• Software Engineering Project Manager
• Vice President of Software Development
• Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
• Chief Operating Officer (COO)
• Chief Software Architect (CSA)
• Healthcare IT Standards and Interoperability Consultant,
• Entrepreneur and co-founder of Health IT startups (ProKSys)
• Senior Integration Manager at Microsoft Corporation
• Senior Integration Architect at Microsoft Corporation’s Health Solutions Group (HSG)
• Senior Healthcare Architect at Perficient Inc.

e-Mail: ehrguy@ehrguy.com

Phone: 207-801-1616

Profile last updated: 1/21/2012