Dorian Seamster, MPH
Director of Quality Improvement Services
California Health Information & Partnership Services Organization
CalHIPSO

Dorian Seamster is the Director of Quality Improvement Services at CalHIPSO, the Regional Extension Center serving much of California. At CalHIPSO Dorian is responsible for helping primary care providers achieve and demonstrate Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records.

Dorian has focused on supporting health care providers to improve the quality of clinical care and operational efficiencies since the early 1990s, with a particular focus on the use of electronic information systems. Her previous experience includes working at OCHIN (a Health Center Controlled Network supporting the use of Epic electronic health record at more than 30 community health centers) where she served as the Director of Quality Improvement. In this position Dorian collaborated in the development of OCHIN’s data information system, Solutions, to support clinical quality improvement. Dorian also led efforts at California Primary Care Association to create the first state-level clinical data aggregation system for community clinics through the Accelerating Quality Improvement through Collaboration (AQIC) project funded by the California HealthCare Foundation.

Dorian has a BA degree in Administration and Legal Processes from Mills College in Oakland and a Masters degree in Public Health from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
  

Mitchell has more than 25 years of information technology and operations experience in a wide variety of healthcare organizations including large multi-specialty medical groups, small clinic practices, medical foundations, and an integrated delivery system.

Her expertise includes managing EHR implementations, project management, request-for-proposal processes, negotiating vendor contracts, designing training procedures, improving internal operations, and introducing emerging technology in cost-sensitive environments. Her career has also encompassed software development, programming, systems implementation and major hardware and software upgrades.

Andy Riedel is Product Marketing Manager with Sage Healthcare. He has spent more than a decade in the healthcare industry both in the technology and revenue cycle management arenas.

In addition to product marketing, Andy has held positions in sales, sales management and business development. He received his bachelor’s degree from New York University and his master’s degree from St. Peter’s College in New Jersey.