Daniel Z. Sands, MD MPH, is an internationally recognized lecturer, consultant, and thought leader in the area of clinical computing and patient and clinician empowerment through the use of computer technology. Dr. Sands is the Senior Medical Informatics Director at Cisco Systems, where he provides both internal and external health IT leadership and helps partners with business and clinical transformation using IT. Prior to that, he was Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Zix Corporation, where he helped the company to become a leader in e-prescribing, and previously was Clinical Systems Integration Architect at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, where he developed and implemented numerous systems to improve clinical care delivery and patient engagement. He earned his baccalaureate at Brown University, medical degree at Ohio State University, and a master’s degree at Harvard School of Public Health. He did residency training at Boston City Hospital and an informatics fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and maintains a primary care practice in which he makes extensive use of health information technology. Dr. Sands is the recipient of numerous health IT awards, sits on the board of the American Medical Informatics Association, and has been elected to fellowship in both the American College of Physicians and the American College of Medical Informatics. |