Editorial Team
Jane Barratt, Editor-in-Chief
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Secretary General of the International Federation on Ageing, an organization with members in 62 countries which represents 50 million older people. Dr. Barratt is a Churchill Fellow, and recently awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in Canada in recognition of efforts to enhance the understanding of ageing, engaging governments and improving QOL of older people. Dr. Barratt represents the IFA at the United Nations Economic and Social Council. She is directly responsible for formal relations with the Ageing and Life Course Department of the World Health Organization. She holds numerous adjunct academic positions, executive positions, and board positions, including Age Macular Degeneration Alliance International and Baycrest, which is one the world’s premier academic health sciences centers focused on ageing.
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
Telehealth and Medicine Today requires all board members to disclose relevant financial relationships. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if he/she and/or a spouse or partner had a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest. As such, the following interests are declared:
Commercial interests:
I have no commercial interests to declare.
John D. Halamka, MD, MS, Editor-in-Chief
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John D. Halamka, MD, Chief Information Officer, Beth Israel Deaconess System, Chairman, New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), International Healthcare Innovation Professor, Harvard Medical School, and practicing emergency physician.
Dr. Halamka completed his undergraduate studies at Stanford University, where he received a degree in medical microbiology and a degree in public policy with a focus on technology issues. He entered medical school at the University of California, San Francisco and simultaneously pursued graduate work in bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley focusing on technology issues in medicine. He completed his residency at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center in the Department of Emergency Medicine.
In his role at BIDMC, Dr. Halamka is responsible for all clinical, financial, administrative, and academic information technology, serving 3,000 doctors, 12,000 employees, and 1,000,000 patients. As chairman of NEHEN, Dr. Halamka oversees clinical and administrative data exchange among the payers, providers, and patients in Massachusetts. As a Harvard professor, he has served the George W. Bush administration, the Obama administration, and national governments throughout the world planning their healthcare IT strategy.
Dr. Halamka has authored five books on technology-related issues, hundreds of articles and thousands of posts on the popular Geekdoctor blog. He runs Unity Farm in Sherborn, MA and serves as caretaker for 150 animals, 30 acres of agricultural production and a cidery/winery.
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
- Arcadia Healthcare Solutions Advisory Board
- New Leaf Venture Partners Advisory Board
- Orion Healthcare Board of Directors
- Gates Foundation Consultant
Oren J. Mechanic, MD MPH, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
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Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Health Policy and Management Fellow, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
I have no commercial interests to declare.
Douglas Shinsato, Editor Emeritus
Advisory Board Members
Richard Anglin, President and CEO, telmedx
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
I own telmedx and all associated patent applications.
Richard Bakalar, M.D. Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, ViTel Net
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
I have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Richard I. Levin, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA, CEO and President, The Gold Foundation
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
I have no commercial interests to declare.
Robert Matthews, PhD., CEO of NudgeWorX, President of Synaural
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
I have no commercial ibterests to declare.
Chris Wasden, Head of Pharma, Happify Health, Managing Director, Digital Disruption Advisors
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
Happify Health advisor
Editorial Board Members
Bryan T. Arkwright, MHA, Director, SCP Consulting Services, Adjunct Faculty, Wake Forest University School of Law, Editorial Board, Telehealth and Medicine Today, and Co-Founder/Chief Research Officer, Cromford Health
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
I have no commercial interests to declare.
Dr. Bonnie Clipper, DNP, RN, Vice President, Practice and Innovation, American Nurses Association
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
I occasionally receive honorariums that go to the ANA for speaking. I have published a book and receive royalites.
Samer Ellahham, MD, Chief Quality Officer, Senior Cardiovascular Consultant, Cleveland Clinic, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City , UAE
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
I have no commercial interests to declare.
Guy Glorioso, MHA, MBA, Assistant Vice President of Virtual Care for Carolinas HealthCare System
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
I have no commercial interests to declare.
David B. Nash, MD, Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH)
Founding Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health. He is also the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy.
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
I give forty talks a year around the nation. All monies go to Jefferson. I am a board member of Humana. I am also on the board of Vestagen. I am also on the board of InfoMe.
Somesh C. Nigam, Ph.D., SVP, Chief Analytics & Data Officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
TBA
Thomas Osborne, MD, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
I own stock in GOOGLE, IBM, TESLA and AMAZON. I recently published a Springer book about Health Tech and co-authored a chapter on telehealth. I don't believe the above to be in conflict, but want to err on the side of full disclosure.
Joel Reich, M.D., FACEP, Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs/Chief Medical Officer, Eastern Connecticut Health Network
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
I have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Dirk G. Schroeder, Executive VP and Co-Founder at HolaDoctor, Inc
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
TBA
Shawn R. Valenta, Director of Telehealth, Medical University of South Carolina
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
I have no interests to disclose.
Mony Weschler, MA, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, CIIP, EMTP, Chief Innovations Officer, InnovaCare Health
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
I have received consulting fees from ALLscripts.
Review Board Members
Andrew Butler, PhD, MBA, PT, FAHA, Associate Dean for Research, Georgia State University, Professor Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing & Health Professions, Georgia State University
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
I have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Richard Kajim, Telehealth Planner, Delaware Telehealth Coalition, Delaware Department of Health and Social Services
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
TBA
Arnab Paul, CEO Patient Planet, Board Member, Blockchain in Healthcare
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
Dr. Claude J. Pirtle, MD, Senior Clinical Informatics Fellow, Vanderbilt University
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
I have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Shayan Vyas, MD, FAAP, Medical Director of Telehealth, Nemours Children’s Health System, Critical Care Medicine, Nemours Children’s Hospital, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
I have no commercial interests to declare.
Debbie Voyles, Executive Director, Virtual Health, UCHealth, Denver Colorado
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
I am employed by UCHealth, Aurora, CO. I have received honoraria from Maine Health to present at their Telehealth Summit. I have received support to participate in Vidyo Telehealth Summit and Vidyo Telehealth Advisory Board in October 2017. Travel support to participate in inTouch Telehealth Summit in 2016. Travel support to present at Maine Health Summit about UCHealth rollout of Virtual Health. I have received funds to cover travel costs to attend vendor Summits to learn about their new Telehealth applications as well as honorarium to speak at the Maine Health Summit about how UCHealth has rolled out our Vitual Health program within the EPIC environment. Any funding I have received or will receive for travel costs from vendors will not influence my decision or affect my ability to chose the best software or hardware options for our Virtual Health program.
Operations Management
Tory Cenaj, Founder, Owner, and Publisher
Partners in Digital Health, info@partnersindigitalhealth.com
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
Telehealth and Medicine Today requires all journal staff members to disclose relevant financial relationships. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if he/she and/or a spouse or partner had a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest. As such, the following interests are declared below.
Commercial interests:
I am the founder and owner of Partners in Digital Health, including the journals Blockchain in Healthcare Today, Telehealth and Medicine Today, all related activities and initiatives associated with these titles, and company portfolio. I volunteer for, and own, SolarCoin.
John Russo Jr., PharmD
Managing Editor, info@partnersindigitalhealth.com
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
I am the owner of The MedCom Resource.
Ron Ribitzky MD, Marketing & UX Strategy Advisor
Competing interests and/or Financial disclosure
Financial Founder & CEO of R&D Ribitzky, Boston-based expert services group serving the Digital Health and Precision Medicine market worldwide. Expert Reviewer, Skolkovo Foundation BioMed and ICT Clusters Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice Lead of Blockchain Connectors, Paris-based convener of international blockchain and cryptocurrency experts, investors, and entrepreneurs providing consulting services and business networking, complemented by organizing and supporting roadshows and events. Digital Health Business Partner of DEMTECH.biz. Digital Health Business Partner of East-West Digital News. Digital Health Business Partner of TALENTGRID VENTURES. Organizer of Innovative Care Asia Pacific. Digital Health Business Partner of ACTIMIRA. Stock shareholder, iSpecimen Strategic Advisor and token rights holder ARNA Genomics, BitMED. Strategic Advisor and Agenda Moderator, AMTEC-KAZAN / ICO Summit & Competition; Digital Health Transformation, MarketsandMarkets Honorarium recipient, Patientory Inauguration Summit; Skolkovo Open Innovations, Skolkovo School of Management Member, HIMSS Blockchain Taskforce; HIMSS Blockchain Symposium Organizing Committee Reviewer and Mentor, HIMSS19 Precision Medicine & Genomics Lead author, blockchain article published on BHTY. Contributor to AI in Pharma article published on PharmaExec.com for Komodo Health. Event Speaker, ConV2X 2018.