Primary Job Title VP Innovation, Co-founder Primary Organization SanteSuite Inc.
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada Regions Great Lakes Gender Male
Website santesuite.com LinkedIn View on LinkedIn
Joseph is an internationally recognized expert in health information technology and pioneer in open source strategy and community building. He is president of e-cology Corporation, cofounder of WorldVistA, and chaired and co-founded the Open Source Health Care Alliance (OSHCA). Joseph led the VistA Office EHR project and subsequent CCHIT
certification of WorldVistA EHR. He managed the national health care business for a major computer manufacturer and has consulted to the OECD, UCLA School of Medicine, UK NHS Information Authority, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics and Centre for Global eHealth Innovation. His work includes developing the business plan and strategy for OSCAR, McMaster University Dept. of Family Medicine’s open source primary care EHR, and SPIRIT, the European Commission funded portal for collaborative health software development and co-authored Canada's first federal study on the impact of the open source model on the Canadian IT market. He is a frequently invited speaker on open source and health IT strategy including events organized by the Kennedy School of Government; American Association of Medical Colleges, American College of Physicians; OECD Working Party on the Information Economy. Joseph is currently advisor to Jordan's national initiative to implement WorldVistA EHR. He is based in Toronto, Canada.
