Her work at the health information network serves patients through improving the quality of data to ensure that it tells an accurate story for each person throughout their healthcare system.The NJII uses the Master Person Index (MPI) and holds facilities accountable for sending and receiving clean and usable data. This helps them expand interoperability and clinical casework throughout the state.
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Grace Vinton is a patient advocate, digital health influencer, and dynamic communications professional with a passion for promoting people and innovations that save lives in healthcare, health IT, pharma, and life sciences. Grace is fluent in media, social media, and viral marketing platforms and has a top 1% most viewed LinkedIn profile with numerous healthcare industry heavy hitters as followers of her regular healthcare technology industry news and commentary. You can also find her on Twitter: @HITeaWithGrace - also the name of her HIT Like a Girl podcast show. While drinking tea and spilling the tea, Grace interviews women executives and patient advocates who are making a difference in digital health.
Today, she interviews Jennifer D'Angelo.
Jennifer D'Angelo, is a visionary leader, innovator, and strategist who currently holds the position of Senior Vice President and General Manager of NJII’s Healthcare Division. Under her leadership, the division manages federal and state grant funded programs focused on improving healthcare delivery, including the management of the New Jersey Health Information Network (NJHIN) on behalf of the Department of Health. The NJHIN is the only network that has been built specifically to facilitate the exchange of patient data for all New Jersey patients with their healthcare providers. With Jennifer at the helm, NJII and the NJHIN can increase interoperability, thus reducing the cost of healthcare and improving population health statewide.