Health IT and Policy Consultant. Former CTO and Acting CIO, US Department of Health and Human Services. Improving healthcare through innovation, tech and Policy

Indianapolis, IN
Joined April 2008
#SXSW2021 is going strong! You can still watch our panel on-demand at bit.ly/sxswtrustgap. Thanks to @diandviation for my illustrated headshot and the live illustration during the panel.
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Ed Simcox, JD retweeted
A national, cloud-based #data #Hub is essential to understand & respond to the #pandemic by gaining #insights from #COVID19 infection rates, #vaccinations and other key indicators important to recover from it. @ejsimcox @LifeOmic @hitconsultant @Medigy1 buff.ly/3ot4zSJ
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Attending #SXSW Online next week? Be sure to add our thought-provoking panel to your schedule. I'll be joined by @KristenBell , @iamdrnatalia , and @jessicamalaty to talk about “The Health Trust Gap and How to Fix It”. #HealthTrustGap @sxsw
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Community voting closes today! I would appreciate your support.
We're excited for our #SXSW Conference panel, "The Health Trust Gap and How to Fix It," featuring actress @KristenBell, @jessicamalaty, @ejsimcox and Dr. Natalia Peart. Help us by voting for our panel to be included in this session! panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/10…
Immunization gateway will be crucial moving forward, but "when government tries to do that without industry, it will fail". We must partner. @vatortv @hpbusiness @ucsfhealthhub #inventhealth
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I'll be participating in the "Data, Data, Data" panel with @vatortv @hpbusiness @ucsfhealthhub #inventhealth Healthcare in Politics later today. bit.ly/healthypolitics Join us!
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It was great speaking with @Stegrelo. I look forward to talking more about public health data and COVID-19 at the #inventhealth Healthcare in Politics panel tomorrow.
VatorNews - Ed Simcox: thanks to the pandemic, the US is finally modernizing its public health data vator.tv/n/5107
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Thank you everyone for your incredible messages of support and encouragement.♥️ Many of you asked what it was like in the ER right now. I want to share a bit with you. Please RT: A Day in the Life of an ER Doc - A Brief Dispatch from the #COVID19 Frontline:
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A #spanish version of our illustrated #coronavirus primer is now published - please share! ¿Qué necesito saber sobre el nuevo coronavirus 2019? lifeology.us.lifeomic.com/st…. Find other languages soon here: lifeology.io/coronavirus-cen…. Thanks to @luisatorresduq for translation.
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“Great overview on the background of #coronavirus. I also feel better after going through this course. Fear breeds and learning the facts is very empowering.” - user feedback. My heart explodes. lifeapps.io/lifeology/covid-… #scicomm #sciart
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Honored to have worked on @Kidney_X at @HHSCTOOffice with @ASNKidney, @ASNAdvocacy and the entire kidney care community. The future is bright for innovation in #dialysis. KidneyX is just getting started!
NephTwitter - With some of the leaders of @Kidney_X leaving the U.S. gov (🙏@ejsimcox and @innovationwonk for all you have done!), it is time for each of us lead the fight to ensure tremendous improvements in dialysis technology in the coming years. #NSMC #NephJC #dialysis
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Ed Simcox, JD retweeted
Serving HHS has been a true honor. I recently accepted an offer to move back to the private sector. The CTO team that leads and supports our efforts is incredible. Thanks to @SecAzar and @DepSecHargan for your leadership and for supporting @HHSCTOOffice hhs.gov/cto/blog/2020/02/11/…
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New @LifeologyApp course: “What do I need to know about the 2019 novel #coronavirus?” lifeapps.io/lifeology/covid-…… (English) lifeapps.io/lifeology/covid-…… (Chinese). Please share - a collab with: @ShaunaMBennett @elfylandstudios @MackayIM @HKalodimos @aetiology .
This morning @SGottliebFDA updated me on what @US_FDA is doing to: increase the use of naloxone to combat #opioids overdoses, foster greater drug competition with increased low cost generics and lower US smoking rates.
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Learning about Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy’s auxiliary drug labels, drug take back programs, naloxone distribution and dispension programs. They have distributed over 2k naloxone kits! #BeAHero #GetNaloxone #SaveALife #EnableRecovery #SafeDisposal
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HHS CTO Bruce Greenstein kicking off HHS Innovation Day #hhsinnovation
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Speakers at our @HHSGov Opioid Symposium put an emphasis on the human dimension of the crisis fedscoop.com/hhs-opioid-symp… Data can save lives! #DataForOpioids #OpioidEpidemic
On stage moderating the state opioid panel at @HHSGov for our Opioid Symposium and in advance or our Opioid code-a-thon. These folks from Indiana are leading the way. Data can save lives! #DataForOpioids #OpioidEpidemic
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Honored to be with @Surgeon_General Dr. Jerome M. Adams at our Opioid Symposium #DataforOpioids. Dr. Adams spoke about the importance of sharing human stories as part of the #OpioidCrisis. HHS.Gov/Challenges
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Agendas for the HHS Opioid Symposium and Code-a-Thon are online! Check out the events happening on Dec 6 & 7 here: hhs.gov/challenges #DataforOpioids