👉 GET TELEHEALTH SUPPORT LOGIN 🇨🇦 AUDIENCES CHALLENGES SOLUTIONS COMPANY RESOURCES About DrFirst The healthcare universe is complex, interconnected, and ever-changing. At DrFirst, we call it the Healthiverse™—and we are driven to connect every corner of it. About Us Since 2000, DrFirst has pioneered healthcare technology solutions and consulting services that securely connect people at every touchpoint of care to improve patient outcomes. Headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, DrFirst creates unconventional solutions that shatter information silos and solve care collaboration, medication management, price transparency, and adherence challenges in healthcare. Our technology can be used as stand-alone solutions or integrated within the workflow of electronic health records and health information systems. DrFirst products are used by over 300,000 healthcare providers, including more than 100,000 prescribers, in hospitals, clinics, and private practices throughout the U.S. and Canada. What Makes Us Different Our growth is driven by our commitment to innovation and our passion for improving healthcare by connecting providers with the information they need, exactly when they need it. Our leadership in the industry has been recognized with numerous awards for our innovation, quality, and service. Uniting the Healthiverse™ The Healthiverse™ is our vision of a healthcare universe where everyone is connected in real-time to each other and to the information they need, so patients get the best care. The vast Healthiverse includes patients and family caregivers, medical professionals, hospitals, pharmacies, EHRs, payers, HIEs, pharmaceutical companies, and more. At DrFirst, we consider ourselves Guardians of the Healthiverse – dedicated to creating revolutionary products and services that close the gaps between information and people so that all sectors in healthcare can create better outcomes together. We Connect Healthcare Stakeholders 324,000 HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS 121,000 PRESCRIBERS 1,500 ACUTE CARE FACILITIES 32,000 AMBULATORY FACILITIES 275 EHR/HIS VENDORS 67,000 PHARMACIES 120 MILLION ERX ANNUALLY Management Team James F. Chen Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Founder James Chen founded DrFirst and serves as the CEO and chairman. He is a seasoned entrepreneur with a strong technology background and experience in starting and leading technology-related businesses. Jim successfully founded and served as the CEO of V-ONE Corporation, a NASDAQ-listed provider of virtual private networking (VPN) software that is used extensively in many industries, including government, financial services, healthcare, and automotive. Jim has been granted five U.S. patents on Internet security products. Prior to founding V-ONE, he worked for many years in increasingly senior positions at Intelsat and in the nuclear power industry. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech and received his master’s in Computer Science from George Washington University. G. Cameron Deemer President Cameron Deemer brings more than 20 years of healthcare industry experience to his position as President of DrFirst. He joined the company in 2004 as Director of Product Management before being appointed General Manager in 2005 and President shortly thereafter. Since joining DrFirst, Cam has played an instrumental role in formalizing and driving improved business processes, while developing new technology strategies to leverage the benefits of electronic prescribing and other DrFirst platform services for providers, hospitals, payers, and other healthcare stakeholders. He has also been a strong proponent of promoting interoperability in the healthcare industry by sharing clinical data between systems. Prior to joining DrFirst, Cam was Assistant Vice President of Product Management for PCS Health Systems/AdvancePCS and also led the e-prescribing and practice management product strategy for NDCHealth. Colin Banas, M.D., M.H.A Chief Medical Officer Colin is an Internal Medicine Hospitalist and former Chief Medical Information Officer for VCU Health System in Richmond, Virginia. He has testified before the U.S. Senate and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) on health IT and the Meaningful Use program, and is a former Health IT Fellow for the ONC. His interests center on the role of big data and analytics on patient outcomes and on novel forms of clinical decision support that are outside the realm of traditional rules and alerts, including real-time dashboarding and intuitive usability designs. He also helped spearhead the VCU effort to participate in the Open Notes initiative, where patients have access to their clinical documentation in real time. In 2017, Colin received the HIMSS-AMDIS award for Physician Executive of the Year from his peers. He earned a bachelor’s degree from University of Virginia, his M.D. from Eastern Virginia Medical School, and a master’s in Healthcare Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. David Samuels Chief Financial Officer David is a seasoned financial executive with more than 25 years of financial and business experience with publicly traded, venture-backed, and privately held businesses, with revenues ranging from pre-revenue to over $1B. He has successfully completed more than $550M of debt and equity financings, including initial capitalizations and public offerings, and has managed mergers and acquisitions, business restructuring, complex financings, and operational improvements. He has extensive experience with technology-focused businesses, working with company founders and board members to create and protect shareholder value. David has held CFO roles in a variety of technology-driven businesses over the past 20 years. He holds an MBA in Finance and Investments from George Washington University, and a bachelor’s in Accounting, magna cum laude, from the University of Connecticut School of Business. He is a recipient of the NVTC Greater Washington Technology CFO Award for Community Service, a finalist for CFO of the Year in the Emerging Growth Company category, and was named CFO of the Year by the Washington Business Journal. Irene Froehlich Chief Communications Officer Irene has been a pioneer in healthcare technology since 2000, helping shape the national reputation of DrFirst and playing a significant role in developing the company’s strategy and brand since its inception. Irene has worn many hats at DrFirst over the years, spanning marketing, public relations, sales, account management, corporate culture, and talent acquisition. She has a proven track record of creating, implementing, executing, and managing a variety of initiatives supporting both B2B and B2C markets. Irene is responsible for ensuring that the leadership team upholds the vision, mission, values, purpose, culture, and beliefs of DrFirst both internally and externally. She also maintains the quality of the DrFirst brand and voice through successful public relations and marketing initiatives. Irene earned a bachelor’s degree in Business/Corporate Communications from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Kunal Agarwal President, Enterprise Solutions With nearly 20 years of experience in developing and managing enterprise health information systems, Kunal has dedicated his career to improving healthcare through pragmatic innovations. As a healthcare strategist and technologist, he is passionate about driving DrFirst growth, vision, and delivery of next-generation product solutions while building greater customer advocacy through value realization. Prior to his leadership role at DrFirst, he was at CCITI NY/CCLC Solutions (an affiliate of GNYHA), spearheading the launch of secure and interoperable solutions to improve the quality of patient safety and care while reducing the cost of transferring patients across care transitions. At New York eHealth Collaborative, a state-wide health information network, Kunal led technical vision and product direction to connect healthcare providers to share patient information securely across the state. At Healthix, Kunal was the founding member of product and technology departments to exchange health information across communities to advance patient care. At Epic, Kunal wore multiple leadership hats in R&D and was instrumental in steering various provider and pharmacy solutions, including launching a new ambulatory pharmacy product to market. Kunal earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Pune Institute of Computer Technology and a master’s in Computer Science from University of Southern California. Zachary Fox President, Partners Zach has led continuous growth in mature and new IT market ventures for more than 25 years in various business development and executive leadership roles. Over the past 19 years, he has focused on healthcare IT, leading teams that serve providers, hospitals, payers, and clinical solution vendors. As VP of Payers, Zach managed efforts to pioneer national e-prescribing strategy and rollouts with large payers, establishing DrFirst as the leader in medication management programs to payer-provider networks. In his current role, Zach has built the business to more than 300 EHR, HIS, and clinical-solution vendor customers that serve over 300,000 providers and their patients. His team collaborates with customers delivering provider and patient innovations for medication management, point-of-encounter, and secure communications as an integrated part of their HIT systems. Zach earned a bachelor’s degree in Business and a bachelor’s degree in English from Westmont College. Luis Angel President, Consumer Solutions Luis has a distinctive track record as an entrepreneur and corporate leader in the life sciences and technology space. He leads DrFirst’s Consumer Solutions division with the goal to develop, market, and scale innovative solutions that help patients manage their prescriptions. Prior to joining DrFirst, Luis worked for Novartis Pharmaceuticals in Switzerland as Global Head of Marketing Effectiveness. He later held several management roles at Novartis in Sales, Operations, and Finance across the U.S. and Europe. Luis also founded GetMyRx, a platform that connected patients with pharmacies in 3,000 locations to facilitate delivery of medications. Luis earned an MBA from INSEAD and a bachelor’s degree in Biological Engineering from Texas A&M University. Linda Fischer Senior Vice President Backline, General Manager Linda joined DrFirst after serving for 21 years as VP and CIO for Huntington Hospital, where she played a key role in the implementation of electronic medical records and successful attestations through Meaningful Use Stage 2. She aided in the creation and implementation of the Long Island Health Information Exchange (now known as HealthEx) as a member of the original board of directors. Linda is a long-time member of HIMSS, CHIME, and the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA). She also is an original member of the CHIME Opioid Task Force and DrFirst Opioid Task Force. In 2009, Linda earned CPEHR Certification from the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) as well as an ANCC Magnet® Friend of Nursing Award, which recognizes non-nursing professionals who consistently support nurses. Mike McClure Executive Vice President, Business Development Mike is a business development leader with more than 20 years of healthcare technology experience. Since 2003, he has helped DrFirst establish a customer ecosystem that includes more than 700 hospitals and other acute care organizations, 300 electronic health record (EHR) partners, and 45,000 ambulatory physician users. He previously held senior sales positions at Lytec, NDCHealth, and the British Medical Association. Mike earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Finance from Brigham Young University. 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