Kate Ricker-KiefertChief Executive OfficerKate Ricker-Kiefert is a state and federal government health IT policy and interoperability subject matter expert advancing the interoperability and use of electronic health information for data-informed decision making, treatment, operations, measurement, public health, and population health purposes. Ms. Ricker-Kiefert also advises multi-stakeholder collaboratives on governance, health IT/exchange strategy, funding opportunities, and policy alignment around topics, such as cross-sector data exchange and public health infrastructure modernization.
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Ms. Ricker-Kiefert has advised thirty-two states by providing consulting, strategic advising, and facilitation services through the National Governors Association (NGA), Civitas Networks for Health, New England States Consortium System Organization (NESCSO), and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) HIT Resource Center and direct state contracts. She has provided technical assistance to multiple federal agencies, such Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Administration of Community Living (ACL), Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), and ONC.
Ms. Ricker-Kiefert serves as an appointed adjunct professor for George Washington University, Milken Institute of Public Health, teaching Health IT, Informatics, and Decision Making.
Ms. Ricker-Kiefert also served as Colorado’s State HIT Coordinator in the Office of Governor John Hickenlooper, directing multi-agency health IT strategy, policy, and technology portfolio.
Ms. Ricker-Kiefert serves as an appointed adjunct professor for George Washington University, Milken Institute of Public Health, teaching Health IT, Informatics, and Decision Making.
Ms. Ricker-Kiefert also served as Colorado’s State HIT Coordinator in the Office of Governor John Hickenlooper, directing multi-agency health IT strategy, policy, and technology portfolio.