Dr. Timothy J. McNamara Joins HealthGate as Chief Medical Officer; New CMO Has Distinguished Career in Medicine and Technology.BURLINGTON, Mass. -- HealthGate Data Corp, develops and markets evidence-based, online tools, applications and clinical guidelines for the healthcare community, today announced the appointment of Dr. Timothy J. McNamara as its Chief Medical Officer (CMO CMO See: Collateralized mortgage obligation CMO See collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO). ). Dr. McNamara also serves as Assistant Professor and Medical Director of the Center for Healthcare Informatics at the University of Kansas The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is an institution of higher learning in Lawrence, Kansas. The main campus resides atop Mount Oread. Medical Center and has more than 12 years of experience in medicine and IT product development focusing on technology-based solutions for the improvement of the clinical process and patient care quality. "Along with his superb credentials, Tim brings an extra measure of excellence and achievement to HealthGate's evidence-based, clinical solutions," said Bill Reece, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of HealthGate. "His background in healthcare technology solutions development, evidence-based guideline advocacy and clinical process improvement make him an ideal CMO for HealthGate. We welcome him to our senior team and look forward to the addition of his unique insights and viewpoint to ours." Prior to his affiliation with HealthGate, Dr. McNamara worked with Cerner Corporation as Vice President of Content Development. There he led corporate initiatives in the areas of drug information development, clinical decision support, evidence-based medicine evidence-based medicine Decision-making 'The use of scientific data to confirm that proposed diagnostic or therapeutic procedures are appropriate in light of their high probability of producing the best and most favorable outcome'. See Meta-analysis. deployment and client clinical process improvement. He also participated in the development, marketing and sale of Cerner's data aggregation and statistical/analytic applications. Before Cerner, Dr. McNamara founded Bluestreak Data, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control ., a web-based distributor of healthcare data services, content and personalized analytic services, and co-founded MetaContent, a professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. organization focused on healthcare information technology and publishing. He also founded Applied Informatics, LLC a software development firm focusing on consumer informatics, medication safety and electronic medical publishing. Prior to these endeavors, he led product development and research initiatives for seven years at a start-up pharmaceutical information company (later acquired by Cerner Corporation) that has become a nationally-prominent provider of electronic drug information and clinical decision support tools. Dr. McNamara holds two patents on computerized drug dosage and electronic prescription development and has developed large-scale classification system and relational database of pharmaceutical products, a set of XML-based content management and production tools for independent physician reviewers and an application service provider (ASP) business model for business-to-business distribution of healthcare information. He also has won two awards for Small Business Innovator Research from the National Institute for Health (NIH "Not invented here." See digispeak. NIH - The United States National Institutes of Health. ) and one from SmithKline Beecham for publishing a computerized French-language journal of public health for health workers in the country formerly known as Zaire. Dr. McNamara has testified before the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS NCVHS National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics ) on proposed transaction and code set standards that have since been adopted as final rules under HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, , and on terminology and transaction standards related to pharmaceuticals. A member of the Alpha Omega Alpha The Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, commonly called Alpha Omega Alpha and abbreviated AΩA or AOA, is the national honor society for Allopathic medicine in the United States; Sigma Sigma Phi, abbreviated "SSP", is the honor society of Osteopathic Honor Medical Society, recipient of a four-year academic scholarship from Tulane's School of Medicine and the beneficiary of a full Fellowship from Tulane's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine tropical medicine, study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of certain diseases prevalent in the tropics. The warmth and humidity of the tropics and the often unsanitary conditions under which so many people in those areas live contribute to the development and , Dr. McNamara earned his MD and MPH from Tulane University in 1991. He trained in internal medicine at the Oschner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans and did his residency in Internal Medicine at St. Paul Medical Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Ranking and selectivity The medical school ranked 19th in the 2008 U.S. News and World Report ranking of the top medical schools in the research category (ranked 6th among public medical schools), ranked 18th in primary care category, and ranked 21st in terms of research Affiliated Hospital, in Dallas. About HealthGate HealthGate Data Corp. (HGAT) develops and markets evidence-based support tools, applications and healthcare content. These offerings enable physicians, hospitals and health plans to improve the quality of patient care and reduce errors, costs, risks and liabilities. Backed by rigorous, independent, medical review, HealthGate's evidence-based, clinical guidelines are supported by its affiliations with Duke University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is a collection of several hospitals and clinics associated with Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. It comprises the following units:[2]
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