Located in Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Clinic is a nonprofit, multispecialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education.

Cleveland Clinic was founded in 1921 as a group practice with the mission of providing “Better care of the sick, investigation into their problems and further education of those who serve.” 

Each year thousands of patients travel to Cleveland Clinic from every state in the nation and more than 132 countries around the world. In 2011, Cleveland Clinic recorded 5.1 million patient visits. 

Cleveland Clinic serves the community by building partnerships with community members and providing numerous health and wellness programs including free health screenings and education. Cleveland Clinic is committed to serving its surrounding neighborhoods and helping people make positive health and wellness choices. In 2011, its community benefit contribution totaled $552.2 million, including $145.6 million in charity care.

A leading medical innovator, Cleveland Clinic counts among its major medical breakthroughs coronary artery bypass surgery, the first near-total face transplant in the United States and the discovery that bariatric surgery controls diabetes.

Cleveland Clinic health system includes eight community hospitals, 16 full-service family health centers, a children's hospital for rehabilitation and one affiliate hospital. Cleveland Clinic facilities can be found throughout Northeast Ohio, as well as in Florida, Nevada, Canada, and Abu Dhabi.

Today, with more than 1,400 beds on Cleveland Clinic main campus and 4,450 beds systemwide, Cleveland Clinic is one of the largest and most respected hospitals in the country. U.S. News & World Report consistently names Cleveland Clinic as one of the nation’s best hospitals, and its heart and heart surgery program has been ranked No. 1 since 1995.

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As Chief Information Officer, Dr. Harris oversees policies that are modeled on good governance principles for nonprofit corporations, are consistent with legal requirements and help ensure that we fulfill our mission for the benefit of the community.

Chief Information Officer/Chairman – Cleveland Clinic

In 2010, Fast Company magazine named Dr. Harris the 12th Most Creative Person in Business in their annual list of the "100 Most Creative People in Business," where he was referenced as the "go-to
expert when it comes to healthcare IT standards."

Recipient – 12th Most Creative Person in Business in 2010

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Board of Directors – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

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HealthStream is a leading provider of learning and research solutions for the healthcare industry, transforming insight into action to deliver outcomes-based results for healthcare organizations. Through HealthStream’s learning solutions, healthcare organizations create safer environments for patients, increase clinical competencies of their workforces, and facilitate the rapid transfer of the latest knowledge and technologies.

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In addition to his responsibilities as Chief Information Officer and Chairman of the Information Technology Division, Dr. Martin Harris serves as Executive Director of e-Cleveland Clinic, which is a series of e-health clinical programs offered over the Internet. 

Dr. Harris’s interest and expertise in the area of improving the practice of medicine through the innovative application of information technology is reflected in his serving on numerous national policy and technology organizations. He was appointed to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Information Technology Standards Committee, which is charged with making recommendations to the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for the electronic exchange and use of health information. He serves as Chairman of the Board for the Health and Human Services Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine, which acts as an advisory body to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. He also is Chairman-elect of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. 

Dr. Harris received a presidential appointment to the Commission on Care for America’s Wounded Warriors and to the Congressional Commission on Systemic Interoperability, which studies the steps required to develop a national health information network. He also is the former Advisor to the Director of the National Institutes of Health.

After receiving his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Dr. Harris completed his residency training in general internal medicine at The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He completed a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar fellowship in general internal medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and holds an MBA in healthcare management from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.


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Is Digital Health Here to Stay?

During the past decade, the impact of health information technology (HIT) systems on the contemporary medical practice model has been transformative. From physician connectivity promoting multidisciplinary collaboration, to secure patient access to medical information and services through personal health records systems, HIT is fast becoming a medical tool that may become as indispensable as a stethoscope or an X-ray. Dr. Harris reviews key features of an HIT-enabled practice environment.

Traditionally, the hospital and the clinician have been the primary owners and manipulators of health information.  Now with a definite trend towards patient engagement in healthcare, how do hospital leaders manage patient consent, security, and the flow of patient health information leaving the hospital? Can global internet portals pave the way, or will hospitals and governments have to build the necessary infrastructure? Dr. Harris outlines recent developments in health information.

Healthcare Technology: Where Does the CIO Go From Here?

When we grocery shop or make travel arrangements, the payment experience is seamless and transparent. Not so with healthcare! There is confusion about who pays what part of the bill, when to pay, and more. In the healthcare financial network of the future, a simple card swipe will initiate all transactions behind the scenes and send data to an online consumer/patient portal for 100 percent transparency. How? Dr. Harris outlines how to achieve a seamless customer experience in healthcare.

Walk Into the Healthcare Financial Network of the Future

A common challenge for healthcare provider organizations is balancing an increasing demand for services with decreasing financial resources. Progress in implementing health IT systems can still be made by strategically linking technology-related projects to patient outcomes to improve the healthcare value equation. Dr. Harris explains how healthcare decision makers can develop projects that will enhance their organizations’ ability to succeed in the contemporary healthcare environment.

Transforming Healthcare Delivery through IT in the Age of Cost Containment

Dr. Martin Harris delivers a compelling examination of how advanced information technology tools (beginning at Cleveland Clinic more than a decade ago with the introduction of an integrated electronic medical record system) are changing virtually every aspect of how and where healthcare services are delivered. Dr. Harris demonstrates how a cohesive, strategic approach to a 21st century model of technology-enabled healthcare may help improve patient outcomes and manage costs.

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Allocating federal and state resources enabling thousands of physicians to have electronic medical record technologies. Improving patient care, control costs more effectively, more likely patients will not be over tested or over prescribed. Patients can expect to see their actual medical results from anywhere in the world. Physicians can better coordinate patient care. bit.ly

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Dr. C. Martin Harris of the Cleveland Clinic Highly revered by President Barack Obama, the Cleveland Clinic is paving the way for hospitals to make the transition from analog to digital medical records. Dr. C. Martin Harris is the physician behind this sophisticated program. About TEDx, x=independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x=independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

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