The BookZurman BlogRon G. Parker

With 36 years of experience in architecting integrated IT solution environments in health and social services enterprises, Ron has worked primarily in international IT consulting firms, as well as spending 16 years with a national government agency architecting and supporting the consistent implementation of EHR solutions across the country. In that role he was also the accountable director and project lead for the establishment of the Canada Health Infoway Standards Collaborative, a national body of key stakeholders focused on the implementation of interoperability standards, and also responsible for licensing, maintenance, and provisioning of LOINC, SNOMED CT, HL7 standards in Canada. Currently he is a sub-contractor working with Book Zurman Inc. in developing a blueprint and guide for the maturing of standards-based interoperable systems in the U.S. Veterans Health Administration. He has international experience with work in Saudi Arabia and Southern Africa and was a project-lead and contributing editor of the Digital Health Platform Handbook, recently published jointly by the World Health Organization and the International Telecommunication Union of the United Nations. He is well known to international health information standards development organizations including the ISO Health Informatics Technical Committee 215, SNOMED International, and is a long-standing member of Health Level Seven (HL7) Incorporated, have served as a co-chair of their Architecture Review Board and, in addition to his role as HL7 Canada Affiliate chair, also serves as a co-chair of the HL7 International Council.