Author Biography

Lewis, Thomas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biographical Notes

Thomas L. Lewis, M.D. The primary focus of Dr. Lewis' work for the past thirty five years is the application of information technology to patient care and clinical research. During this time his work has ranged from the hands on design and development of application and systems software to enterprise wide responsibility for the selection, installation, operation, and evaluation of mission critical, high performance, secure systems. Twenty eight years of professional Medical Informatics experience including the design, implementation, and management of information systems for patient care and clinical research. His particular interests and experience include physician-oriented systems, requirements for research hospitals, and the design and construction of large databases for clinical research. Significant general management and hospital management experience in the areas of resource planning, cost management, productivity, continuous quality improvement, business process reengineering, enterprise wide systems, and technology management. He is recognized for problem solving, team building, analytical, and teaching skills. Recent activities have been directed toward building an information systems environment from the ground up to assist non-profit organizations that provide health care for uninsured individuals. Dr. Lewis spent most of his career at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, the last 16 as Associate Director for Information Systems. He is currently the Chief Information Officer for the Primary Care Coalition, a non-profit organization devoted to providing access to medical care for the low income insured. Formal training includes an A.B degree from Harvard College (1963, Mathematics), an M.D. from Yale Medical School (1970), and post graduate training in internal medicine, pediatrics, and clinical pathology.