Board of Directors

Nick Knowlton, Board Chairman & ResMed Representative

Nick Knowlton is VP of Strategic Initiatives for ResMed, a market leader in post-acute health information technology and parent company of Brightree, MatrixCare and CitusHealth, where he leads the company’s initiatives and strategy for health care interoperability.

He has championed many interoperability projects and initiatives across post-acute, ambulatory, acute and other care settings, and has worked for years to help establish a culture in the health care industry supportive of patient-centric interoperability. Nick also represents ResMed on the board of the Home Care Technology Advisory Council (HCTAC), which is an affiliate of NAHC.

Nick has been with the Alliance since day one, as he led strategic initiatives for Greenway Health prior to joining the ResMed team and served on the CommonWell board during that time as well.

Hoda Sayed-Friel, Board Advisor

Hoda Sayed-Friel serves as a Board Advisor and previously served as the Board Vice Chairman and MEDITECH representative. Prior to retirement, Hoda was the Senior VP at MEDITECH, where she was responsible for MEDITECH Professional Services, as well as EHR strategy.

Hoda has held many leadership roles throughout her three-decade career at MEDITECH, including overseeing Marketing, Strategy and Client Services. In all aspects of her career, Hoda has been actively involved in discussions with health care providers and consumers to promote care coordination, interoperability and population health, highlighting the importance of using information systems to promote wellness and improve outcomes. At an industry level, she has spearheaded national and local efforts to promote the widespread adoption of EHRs, consulted with national leaders on HIT-related strategies, and served on various workgroups and bipartisan committees.

Prior to joining MEDITECH, Hoda worked at New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. She earned a Bachelor of Science from Northeastern University.

David Cohen, Board Secretary & Greenway Health Representative

David Cohen is Chief Product and Technology Officer at Greenway Health. In this role, he leads strategy and execution of solutions and services supporting practices in the ambulatory market.

Previously, David worked at Cerner, where he was responsible for artificial intelligence and machine learning initiatives. He has more than 20 years of enterprise information technology leadership experience, including the most recent 15 years focused on health care.

David has a bachelor’s degree in integrated science and mathematics from Northwestern University, an MBA from the University of Chicago, and a certificate in health care leadership from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, an international honor society for business, and a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Sam Lambson, Board Treasurer & Oracle Health Representative

Sam Lambson is Vice President of Interoperability at Oracle Health, with oversight of Oracle Health’s strategy, products and services that connect clients beyond the four walls of their organizations.

Sam rejoined Oracle Health in December 2020 from Intermountain Healthcare, where he implemented strategies driving their transition to value-based care. Prior to Intermountain, Sam held a variety of roles across Oracle Health, including launching Oracle Health’s Ignite APIs (FHIR), CODE program and App Gallery.

Sam holds an MBA from Cornell University as well as master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Information Systems Management from Brigham Young University.

Anne LeMaistre, Ascension Representative

Joyce Anne LeMaistre, M.D., is Associate VP for Healthcare Policy Innovation at Ascension Technologies with oversight of technology policy and regulatory strategic directions.

Ascension is a faith-based health care organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care—with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. With over 150,000 associates and 40,000 aligned providers, Ascension operates more than 2,600 sites of care – including 143 hospitals and 40 senior living facilities – in 19 states and the District of Columbia.

Anne served on the Health and Human Services federal Health Information Technology Standards Committee from 2013-2017. Throughout her two-decade career at Ascension, she has held numerous roles including VP of Enterprise Applications and Platforms, VP for Clinical Informatics, Senior Director for Clinical Information Systems and Chief Medical Information Officer at Seton Healthcare Family in Austin, Texas. Prior to joining Ascension, Anne worked at University of Illinois Health in Chicago and University of Texas Medical School in Houston.

Michael Palantoni, athenahealth Representative

Michael is VP of Platform Services at athenahealth. He joined the company in 2012 as Manager of Product Innovation and served in various rolls in innovation, strategy and services. Prior to athenahealth he was a consultant at Deloitte where he provided strategy and operations recommendations to health care, government and technology sector management teams, developing a focus area in health care technology.

He graduated from John Hopkins with a BS in Civil Engineering.

Jeremiah Rothschild

Jeremiah Rothschild is the Senior Vice President and Chief Strategist for TruBridge (fka CPSI Healthcare), the largest specialized health IT and revenue cycle provider serving rural and critical access markets. Jeremiah has over 20 years of experience at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and financial services. His career began in strategic advisory and management consulting, and he has previously held management and executive leadership roles at IBM, Gartner, McKesson Nuance, and ClearBalance Healthcare.

Jeremiah brings a growth mindset and discipline to Fortune 500 companies, not-for-profit organizations, as well as private equity and venture-backed enterprises. He is recognized as an innovator for his work on Patient Access and Affordability Solutions, Value-Based Contracting and Patient-Centered Care Delivery models. Additionally, Jeremiah has been recognized by the US Patent and Trademark Office for innovative research in biomedical image-processing, as well as holds a US Patent for Medication Adherence-related solutions.

Jeremiah graduated from University of Maryland-College Park with honors distinction and earned his master’s in medical informatics from Northwestern University. He holds a PMP from the Project Management institute and previously earned the APICS Supply Chain certification and HIMSS CPHIMS certifications.

Mike Cordeiro

Mike Cordeiro is an interoperability strategist and thought leader with over 20 years of experience in healthcare IT, including over 15 years focused on the real-world deployment of interoperability products and solutions. He has comprehensive expertise overseeing larger technical and operational teams, leading strategic interoperability initiatives, and advancing healthcare interoperability priorities and initiatives across global markets. Most recently, Mr. Cordeiro was responsible for developing a cloud-based interoperability network across Canada called Traverse Exchange Canada, which will connect healthcare organizations leveraging MEDITECH’s EHR, other vendor EHRs, and other provincial assets with the option to consume this data into their local EHRs. He has led similar interoperability efforts across the US, actively participating with leading organizations and initiatives responsible for advancing interoperability, such as the Argonaut Project, The Gravity Project, the FAST FHIR at Scale Taskforce, 360X, and the Da Vinci Project. He was also instrumental in pioneering efforts to support NHS interoperability standards in the UK, such as transfer of care.

As MEDITECH’s Senior Director of Interoperability Market & Product Strategy, Mr. Cordeiro leads strategic interoperability initiatives, advances healthcare interoperability priorities, and drives the preparation and implementation of interoperability solutions. He is also heavily involved in MEDITECH’s Greenfield and Traverse interoperability offerings and MEDITECH’s relationship with Commonwell Health Alliance® and other strategic partners.

Mr. Cordeiro’s commitment to ensuring whole-person care also extends to his responsibility overseeing MEDITECH’s Strategy team, extending his focus on the strategic direction of MEDITECH’s analytics, population health management, value-based care, and enterprise resource financial solutions. His focus on supporting integrated and interoperable solutions helps prevent gaps in care as patients transition from one care setting or healthcare organization to another.

Tushar Malhotra, eClinicalWorks Representative

Tushar Malhotra, Director for Interoperability Strategy and Business Development at eClinicalWorks, has a decade of experience in the health IT industry and is responsible for defining solutions and services for integrating eClinicalWorks EMR with disparate systems and applications.

In his current role, Tushar is overseeing the deployment of CommonWell Health Alliance and Carequality Interoperability Framework for eClinicalWorks customers and works on defining the interoperability roadmap with respect to these nationwide initiatives to improve provider to provider data exchange. Additionally, Tushar is involved in establishing new integration vendor partners for eClinicalWorks Open Interoperability platform utilizing FHIR.

Tushar has a Master’s Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Massachusetts Amherst and Masters in Business Administration from Bentley University.

Aaron Miri, Board Advisor

Aaron Miri is SVP and Chief Digital & Information Officer for Baptist Health System. Aaron brings more than 20 years of health care and technology experience driving growth and innovation, leading provider and commercial health care delivery enterprises and providing thought leadership and close collaboration with state and federal representatives.

In 2020, The United Stated Senate congressionally re-appointed Aaron for a second term to the Health and Human Services, federal Health IT Advisory Committee (HITAC), established under the 21st Century Cures Act. Furthermore, he was elevated to the role of Co-Chairman of the HITAC.

He is a Certified Healthcare Chief Information Officer (CHCIO) through the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, a distinguished Fellow with the Health Information Management Systems Society (FHIMSS), a distinguished Fellow with the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (FCHIME) and he is a Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institute. Aaron received his MBA with distinction from the University of Dallas, and his Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from the University of Texas at Arlington.