Chief Information Officer
Georgia Primary Care Association
Mr. Watson is a health information technology professional with over 25 years of experience. Dev has supervised Information Technology (IT) departments in the roles of Information Technology Manager, Chief of Business Systems, and Chief Information Officer.
His healthcare background includes primary care, behavioral health care, home health and inpatient care/hospital settings. His initial exposure into healthcare was as co-founder of a software development company that specialized in electronic billing (EDI) packages for physicians and rural hospitals. Mr. Watson’s Information Technology background includes the roles of programmer/application developer, business analyst, data analyst, and project manager.
Mr. Watson provides presentations on health information technology, cybersecurity, HIPAA/privacy, and business continuity. Dev was recognized for his disaster recovery preparation and business continuity work after recovering data center operations that were destroyed by a tornado in 2008. He has made presentations on disaster preparation and business continuity topics for a number of Primary Care Associations throughout the US as well as at the national level (NACHC). Dev is also an active participant in the NACHC eCW User Group, NACHC athenaOne User Group, GaHIN Board of Directors, Region IV HCCN, NACHC HCCN Task Force, and HCCN National Collaborative.
Sunday, August 25, 2024
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM ET