Speaker Profile
Executive Director, Carequality
Biography
As Executive Director of Carequality, Alan Swenson guides the development and implementation of the Carequality Interoperability Framework, the leading, nationwide trusted exchange framework enabling health data sharing across and among different types of networks and service providers. Alan also leads Carequality in supporting The Sequoia Project as the Office of the National Coordinator for Health ITs (ONCs) Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE). Alan has spent more than a decade focused on health IT interoperability. Before leading Carequality, he helped lead an exponential increase in patient record sharing through direct collaboration with hundreds of healthcare systems and provider organizations, EHR vendors, HIEs, HISPs, PHRs, payers, government agencies, and other digital health platforms. He has also volunteered with The Sequoia Project, National Association for the Support of LongTerm Care (NASL), CommonWell Health Alliance, DirectTrust, National Quality Forum, and HIMSS, among other industry interoperability initiatives.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2024 Silicon Valley
Track Co-Chairs:
Russ Cucina, UCSF
John Kalafut, Asher Orion Group
- PMWC 2024 Award Ceremony
Luminary Honoree: Suchi Saria, Johns Hopkins - Integrated Diagnostics: The Future Powered by AI and Data Innovations
- John Kalafut, Asher Orion Group
- AI-Driven Integration of Genomic Data for Disease Understanding and Treatment
- Mark Yandell, University of Utah
- AI, Big Data and the Early Detection/Prevention of Chronic Diseases
- Lee Hood, Phenome Health - AI in US Military Healthcare System
- Peter Walker, Defense Health Agency (DHA) - Health IT and Interoperability Policy (PANEL)
Chair: Russ Cucina, UCSF
- Steven Lane, Gorila Health
- Charles Jaffe, HL7
- Alan Swenson, Sequoia Project
- Neli de Crescenzo, Optum
- Julia Adler, UCSF - Barriers and Challenges of Deploying AI into Clinical Use (PANEL)
Chair: Shweta Maniar, Google
- Bernardo Bizzo, Mass General Brigham
- Guido Matthews, Bayer
- Tina Hernandez-Boussard, Stanford - Transforming Healthcare Using Big Data and Remote Monitoring
- Michael Snyder, Stanford
- AI to Improve Patient Outcomes: Exploring High-Speed Genomic Insights with GPU-Accelerated Tools
Chair: Julie Gil, Velsera
- Jason Fenwick, NVIDIA - AI Pathology's Horizon: Navigating the Future and Overcoming Obstacles (PANEL)
Chair: Pavankumar Anne, ZS
- Eric Walk, PathAI
- Michael Rivers, Roche Diagnostics - PMWC Showcase
- Elliott Green, Dandelion Health
- Tomasz Jetka, Ardigen
- Peter White, Nationwide Children's Hospital
