Barry Chaiken, MD
Former Chair, HIMSS | Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Public Health Physician
Biography
• Explains how information technology tools can revolutionize the delivery of patient care, and impact patient and clinician experiences • Designs workshops that dissolve communication barriers to build collaborative teams that deliver innovation • Combines research, current trends, and humor to both educate and entertain the audience • Author of Navigating the Code: How Technology Transforms the Patient-Physician Journey, a groundbreaking book on healthcare information technology and its potential impact on quality, access, and the cost of care. Barry P. Chaiken, MD, MPH has over 25 years’ experience in healthcare information technology, clinical transformation, and business intelligence. Dr. Chaiken is the author of the recently released Navigating the Code: How Technology Transforms the Patient-Physician Journey, a groundbreaking book on healthcare information technology and its potential impact on quality, access, and cost of care. He currently serves as President of DocsNetwork Ltd. and previously worked with the National Institutes of Health, UK National Health Service, McKesson, Infor, and Salesforce/Tableau. He has served as guest lecturer and consultant on topics including patient safety, clinician adoption of information technology, quality improvement, and managed care. During his career Dr. Chaiken provided expertise in quality and patient safety to providers, payers, and life science organizations helping them utilize information technology to improve clinical and administrative activities. He also assisted hospitals and technology firms in the creation of medical software products and services. Dr. Chaiken served as a Healthcare Advisory Board member to numerous organizations as head of DocsNetwork, his own boutique healthcare IT consulting company. He has delivered more than 60 CME lectures, and served on the editorial board of the journal of Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare. Dr. Chaiken regularly contributes a column on technology and quality for the journal Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare and Health Data Management. He also served as Conference Chair of the annual Digital Healthcare Conference and contributed to WTN Media’s online publications. Dr. Chaiken received his medical degree from Downstate Medical Center, his Master in Public Health in health services administration from the Harvard School of Public Health, and his Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University at Albany. He acquired his specialty training from the Centers for Disease Control as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer and from the New Jersey State Department of Health as a preventive medicine resident. He is board certified in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health as well as Health Care Quality Management. Dr. Chaiken is an Overseas Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. Dr. Chaiken served as a Board member (2006-2010), Board Liaison to HIMSS Europe (2006-2009), and Board Chair (2009-2010), and continues his involvement as a Fellow of the Health Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS). He is a guest lecturer in both graduate and undergraduate level courses in healthcare information technology at Boston University’s Questrom School of Management and Tufts University.
Speech Topics
Patient Safety & Clinical Workflow Redesign
AI succeeds when workflows evolve. It fails when clinicians are forced to work around it. Audience takeaway: principles for redesign that strengthens safety and clinician confidence.
Algorithmovigilance & AI Governance
Healthcare monitors safety continuously. AI should be no different. Barry introduces algorithmovigilance as a public-health-driven oversight model. Audience takeaway: an operating approach leaders can defend.
Trust in Healthcare AI
Healthcare begins with trust. Technology does not. This keynote clarifies what leaders must protect as automation expands. Audience takeaway: guardrails for accountability, transparency, and trust.
Healthcare AI Strategy & Real ROI
Organizations feel pressure to act on AI. Few can separate measurable value from marketing momentum. Audience takeaway: practical criteria for defensible AI investment decisions.
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