Dr. John Mattison
John Mattison,
M.D. is Chief Medical Information Officer at Kaiser Permanente.
John began his medical career at UC San Diego and Scripps Clinic, where
he practiced in many clinical settings including primary care, critical
care, preventive medicine, hyperbaric medicine, trauma and helicopter
medicine, and held several directorships while at Scripps Clinic,
including Quality, Utilization, and Critical Care. He joined Kaiser
Permanente in 1989, and was appointed as Assistant Medical Director and
Chief Medical Information Officer in 1992.
John’s interest in systems design began as a marine biologist when he
created several software applications to model population behavior. He
wrote his first electronic health record in 1984 and used fully
automated medical records in his practice until the time he began a
full-time commitment to healthcare informatics. He has built, designed,
or implemented seven different EHR systems, most recently KP
HealthConnect. His team helped build and deploy the first highly
scalable version of this system, which today stands as the largest
private sector implementation of an EHR in the US. John was director of
the largest regional deployment, encompassing 5,000 physicians, 140
clinics, 13 hospitals, and 2.3 million members, but he is quick to
identify his many colleagues within KP who have provided the support,
the resources, and the skills necessary for such a monumental
achievement.
He has actively shaped a culture of extremely rapid issue escalation and
resolution that became the single most critical success factor for this
large scale and pioneering project.
He was also one of the founding
members of the IMIA Workgroup on Organizational Aspects of Informatics,
which focuses on the cultural change management required to successfully
transform cultures with new technology. His team included many world
class project managers who completed the project more than a year ahead
of schedule and nearly $100 million under budget. KP has been
recognized
as the uncontested leader for both outpatient and inpatient systems,
leading the country for hospitals awarded with the top HIMSS level 7
designation. In 2011, 6 of the hospitals in SCAL region, and 12 KP
hospitals nationally were recognized among the top 118 “Most Connected
Hospitals” by US News and World Report. KPHC also includes the largest
and most active use of Personal Health Records (PHRs) in the nation.
With over 60% of their eligible members using the PHR portal, they
exchange
over 25,000 secure emails daily with their patients. Whether it’s US
News
& World Report, JD Powers, or National Council on Quality Assurance,
Kaiser Permanente tops nearly every third party assessment for quality
of care.
John has co-chaired the National KP IT Infrastructure Governance for the
past four years, and he also chaired the Inter-Regional Business
Governance Group since its inception. In addition, he chairs the
national governance oversight of Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery,
and Data Center Strategy. He continues his active participation on
National HIT Strategy, Security Council, Care Delivery, and Risk
Management.
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