Lecture: "Improving Healthcare in America with Health Information Technology--The Technology is the Easy Part"

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Location: E378 Corbett Family Hall (View on map )

Paul Uhrig, Chief Administrative Officer with Surescripts presents this lecture. As Acting CEO of Surescripts in 2014, Uhrig led the company though a leadership transition and exceeded all corporate goals. He created a new brand story, and re-contracted with customers accounting for a majority of the company’s revenues. Currently, he is responsible for the P&L and operations of CDT 30030, Technology as a Profession, Surescripts’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Surescripts Enterprise Services, operating an e-prescribing application, patient portal, and automated clinical messaging technology. Uhrig is passionate about health information technology and how it can eliminate cost, improve health outcomes, and maximize provider and patient experiences. Mr.
Urhig holds a BA in Economics from the University of Notre Dame and a law degree from American University.

Pre-talk readings:
“A Quest to Gather All My Medical Records in 72 hrs” 
“What It Will Take To Achieve The As-Yet-Unfulfilled Promises Of Health Information Technology” 
“Proven Technology Can Help Healthcare Professionals Fight the Opioid Epidemic”

All are welcome.

Originally published at cdt.nd.edu.