Lisa Nelson
Chief Technology Officer at Health Level Seven International
Rhode Island, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLisa Nelson is a veteran health IT leader and innovator with over two decades of experience advancing interoperability through HL7 standards and IHE integration, currently serving as CTO of DirectTrust while also leading enterprise integrations at MyDirectives. She has authored multiple CDA implementation guides—including the Patient Authored Note and Personal Advance Care Plan—and pioneered a "containerized" C-CDA care plan approach now adopted by several organizations. A technical standards co-chair at HL7 and active IHE contributor, she blends deep standards expertise with product management and business strategy, supported by an MS in Medical Informatics and an MBA. Founder of the Janie Appleseed Network, she also champions consumer health literacy and pragmatic patient-centered data sharing.
12 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
BA Computer Science, BA Computer Science at UMass BostonBabson CollegeExecutive Series Management Innovation and Technology, Executive Series Management Innovation and Technology at MIT Sloan School of ManagementMMI Medical Informatics, MMI Medical Informatics at Northwestern UniversityMBA Information Systems, MBA Information Systems at Regis University
Github Skills (18)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
LisaRNelson/C-CDA-Examples
Dec 2016 - Jul 2019
SDWG Supported Samples
Contributions:1 PR, 3 pushes in 2 years 7 months
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LisaRNelson/LRN_HL7_CDA_Examples
Mar 2015 - Jul 2019
Contributions:12 PRs, 41 pushes, 3 comments in 4 years 4 months
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