MaryAnne Sterling
MaryAnne Sterling, CEA, is a business and policy analyst, subject matter expert, and critical thinker in the public and private sector Health IT domains. She has extensive experience in information technology, consulting on high-visibility projects at CMS, FDA, and NIH. Ms Sterling is the CEO of Sterling Health IT Consulting.
Ms. Sterling is active in the Health IT community, lending expertise to initiatives such as the Industry Advisory Council's VistA Modernization Project. Based on the recommendations in this report, the Veterans Affairs Department will adopt an open source model to modernize its legacy electronic health records system.
Ms. Sterling actively works on issues related to EHR Adoption and Usability as a member of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) EHR Usability Task Force. She recently spoke at the HIMSS Virtual Conference on the subject of EHR Usability. Ms. Sterling also serves as the 2010/2011 HIMSS Institute for e-Health Policy Executive in Residence. During her tenure, she will focus on communication, education, and outreach for the HITECH EHR Incentive Program with an emphasis on underserved communities.
The catalyst for Ms. Sterling’s dedicated interest in healthcare policy and systems management stems from her personal experience with her elderly parents. At a young age, Ms. Sterling became the sole caregiver for elderly parents and has navigated the American health care system from the inside. As a result of her experience as an end-user of our health care system, she has seen the effectiveness of some programs and the deficiencies in others. This personal experience and acute understanding of the current health care system feed her passion for improvement in the current system, with an end goal of making health care in America safe, simple and affordable to all citizens, regardless of capabilities.
Ms. Sterling’s volunteer work includes public policy advocacy for the Alzheimer’s Association and the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Ms. Sterling is a Certified Enterprise Architect who received her Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and Biotechnology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.