Zac Jiwa

As the CEO and Co-Founder of MI7, Zac is leading the charge toward disruptive technologies designed to upend the state of healthcare interoperability by commoditizing an age-old industry problem. In addition to taking on robust and meaningful challenges, Zac is also a prolific public speaker and respected thought leader in the healthcare technology community. Prior to founding MI7, Zac had the prestigious honor of being named to the first class of HHS Innovation Fellows (HHSentrepreneurs) at the US Department of Health and Human Services where he focused on intractable challenges with the technical implementation of Obamacare. He continues to serve on the HHS Innovation Council, as well as an advisor to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Zac was previously the chief technology officer and health IT coordinator for the Department of Health in Louisiana where he oversaw federal and state initiatives related to the HITECH Act (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009), as well as, driving innovation initiatives for the department.

Zac has served the health IT community his entire career, including in leadership roles for hardware and software vendors and for public and private sector provider and payer organizations. Previous posts include business development manager for Connected Health at Microsoft’s Health Solutions Group, healthcare product manager for Motion Computing’s C5 Mobile Clinical Assistant Tablet PC, and chief information officer for Pediatric Subspecialists at Children’s Hospital of Austin.

Zac’s background in the provider community began as an implementation manager for a physician practice management and EMR company where he helped thousands of physicians and clinicians adopt technology that improved care. He served as a founding member and later president of the Austin HIMSS Chapter, and also served in advocacy and thought leadership positions for the US Department of Health and Human Services, the Office of the National Coordinator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Markle Foundation, and the National Association for State Health Policy.