Telehealth and EHRs: Preparing for & Managing through the Data Tsunami

Robert Havasy is a Senior Director in HIMSS’ Technology & Innovation group, and the Managing Director of the Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance). In this role, he focuses on issues around connected health including remote patient monitoring, telemedicine, patient engagement, shared decision-making, consumerization, and interoperability. In 2018 Rob served on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s US Core Data for Interoperability Task Force. Prior to joining HIMSS and the PCHAlliance, Mr. Havasy was the Corporate Team Lead for Product and Technology Development at the Center for Connected Health (CCH), part of the Mass General-Brigham (formerly Partners HealthCare) System in Boston, Massachusetts. At CCH Mr. Havasy lead the team that integrated the Center’s technology with Partners’ enterprise clinical systems. Major achievements of the Center include connecting remote patient monitoring data to Partners’ electronic medical record (EMR) system, the integration of consumer activity monitoring data with the EMR, and a new platform for acquiring and integrating Patient Reported Outcome Measures data into clinical practice.Prior to joining CCH, Mr. Havasy held a variety of positions over 10 years in Sales, Marketing, and Services with Enterasys Networks (now part of Extreme Networks), culminating as Service Operations Manager where he had responsibility for Maintenance and Professional Services offerings and for driving global service revenues of over $100 million annually.Mr. Havasy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science from Keene State College and an M.S. in Health and Medical Informatics from Brandeis University.