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Wes Rishel
VP Distinguished Analyst
Mckinleyville, CA USA
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Years of Experience
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10 years at Gartner
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43 years IT industry
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Roles and Responsibilities
Wes Rishel is a vice president and distinguished analyst in Gartner's healthcare provider research practice. He covers electronic medical records, interoperability, health information exchanges and the underlying technologies of healthcare IT, including application integration and standards.
Previous Experience
Mr. Rishel is a member of the Health IT Standards Committee, a federal advisory committee created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. He is also a trustee of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology and a former commissioner. He has served on the Healthcare Information Technology Advisory Panel of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. He was the founding technical chair of Health Level Seven (HL7), served as its chair in 2002 and 2003, and continues on the board. He has served on the boards of directors of the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society and the eHealth Initiative.
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Rishel consulted in healthcare integration and clinical systems and developed standards-based architectures for major health systems; designed clinical applications; helped to lead HL7's decision to apply XML, object modeling and software component technologies; and was the author of the HL7 implementation guide for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act claims attachments. Previously, Mr. Rishel was vice president of software development for several independent technology providers.
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Wes Rishel Consulting, Principal, 7 years
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Bell Atlantic Healthcare Systems, Vice President, Product Development, 7 years
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Libra Technology, Vice President, R&D, 7 years
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Industry Awards/Accolades
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WEDI Louis M. Sullivan Award for Technical Leadership
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HL7 Ed Hammond Volunteer of the Year Awards
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Education
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Mathematics, Dartmouth College
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Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan
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Publish Date
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Author(s)
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Health Information Exchanges Must Meet Specific Needs to Succeed
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18-Nov-2009
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Jonathan Edwards, Wes Rishel
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Dataquest Insight: Telemedicine and Remote Patient Monitoring Offer Opportunities for Semiconductor Vendors
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30-Sep-2009
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Sergis Mushell, Wes Rishel, Jonathan Edwards, Steve Ohr
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HIPAA Privacy and Security Extensions in the HITECH Act: This Time, We Mean It
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23-Sep-2009
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Paul E. Proctor, Wes Rishel, Barry Runyon
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Addressing HIPAA Security, Part 1: The Standards
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23-Sep-2009
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Paul E. Proctor, Barry Runyon, Wes Rishel
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Meaningful Use and Certification of EHRs: Tracking Evolving Targets
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17-Sep-2009
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Wes Rishel
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