<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title><![CDATA[Peter Groen]]></title>
<link>/profile/peter-groen/pgroen440/rss20/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mr. Groen worked for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for over 30 years. During his federal career, he occupied a number of senior Information Technology (IT) management positions within VA Headquarters and in the field. He has served as the Director of the Health Information & Technology Sharing (HITS) Program, the Director of the Medical Information Security Service, Director of VHA Telecommunications Services, the Deputy Associate CIO for the Veterans Health Administration, as well as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the VA Medical Centers in Atlanta and Columbia S.C. He served as the national project manager for the VA Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) as well as the VA Internet and VHA Intranet Redesign projects. Prior to coming to the VA, Mr. Groen served in the U.S. Navy for six years. He was a supervisor of the Combat Information Center aboard the guided missile destroyer, U.S.S. Sellers DDG-11, during the Vietnam War.
Mr. Groen obtained his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from Clemson University and a Masters of Public Administration (M.P.A.) from The Pennsylvania State University. He served five years as an adjunct faculty instructor at the University of South Carolina and is currently an adjunct faculty member of the Computer & Information Sciences Department at Shepherd University in West Virginia. He helped found the Shepherd University Research Corporation (SURC) and served as its Associate Director for almost 5 years. Mr. Groen has written numerous articles and co-authored several books over the years with a focus on information technology in healthcare. He has also served as the principle investigator for the Medicaid Transformation Grant (MTG) eHealth initiatives for the State of West Virginia. At present he serves on the Board of Directors for several public and private sector organizations. He recently helped found Open Health News (OHN) where he is a senior editor.]]></description>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[COSI 'Open' Health]]></title>
<link>http://cosihit.blogspot.com/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cosihit.blogspot.com/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 07:44:45 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>