John Glaser, PhD, Executive-in-Residence, Harvard Medical School Executive Education
Overview
John Glaser, PhD, has led efforts to use digital platforms to improve health care delivery in many different contexts: as a senior advisor to the federal government, CIO of a large academic health system, CEO of Siemens Health Services, and SVP and executive senior advisor at Cerner. In this webinar, he discussed lessons learned from these experiences, from data and digital platforms to organizational processes and business models.
About the Presenter
Dr.Glaser is a former senior vice president of Population Health, at Cerner Corporation. Previously he was chief executive officer of Siemens Health Services. Prior to Siemens, Dr.Glaser was chief information officer at Partners HealthCare.
Dr.Glaser was the founding chair of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the past president of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. He is the former chair of the Global Agenda Council on Digital Health, World Economic Forum. He is former Senior Advisor to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
Dr.Glaser serves on the boards of the Scottsdale Institute, Intouch Health, PatientPing, National Committee for Quality Assurance, the American Telemedicine Association, Wellsheet and Relatient.
Dr.Glaser has received numerous industry awards including the John P. Glaser Innovation Award (established by the School of Biomedical Informatics, UTHealth), William B. Stead Thought Leadership Award (American Medical Informatics Association) and the Lifetime Achievement Award (CHIME).
He has authored many articles and books on the strategic application of IT in health care. He is on the faculty of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, the UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics and the Harvard School of Public Health.