# Bio Sketch for Cambridge Management Group, Inc. 2022 James Marcus Pierson, M.D. For 18 years Dr. Pierson has held executive positions at PeaceHealth, a regional health-care system in northwest Washington State. His work has always been focused on organizational learning and toward the whole community served by health-care organizations. He led in creating a countywide integrated delivery system, and in developing community-wide, patient-centered technologies, including an electronic medical record system, secure whole-county health Intranet, electronic personal-health records and a electronic personalized-care-management system. CMG clients seek his advice as they redesign care and realign clinicians to manage population health. Dr. Pierson led the Whatcom County’s Pursuing Perfection project for five years, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and oversight by health-care reformer Don Berwick and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). As a direct outcome of that learning Marc recruited Nik Ivancic to Whatcom County and they worked with various institutions and individuals to create the Shared Care Plan, a groundbreaking, patient-centered personal- health-record system. The Shared Care Plan was an inspiration for Washington State’s Health Record Bank project and influenced Microsoft’s development of HealthVault. His main career interest remains designing and implementing organizational and technical support for people in communities so that residents and patients can better care for themselves in collaborative and convenient ways. Dr. Pierson believes that this is essential for community health and for the success of accountable-care programs. Marc Pierson has been a board-certified emergency physician and internist. He trained at Indiana University Medical School and completed a residency in internal medicine at Parkland Memorial Hospital, in Dallas, Texas.
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# CURRICULUM VITAE James Marcus Pierson, M.D. **Undergraduate Education** Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana September 1967 - June 1971 Degree: Bachelor of Arts Major: Chemistry **Medical Education** Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, IN September 1971 – June 1976 Degree: Doctor of Medicine **Specialty Training** Internal Medicine Internship and Residency Parkland Memorial Hospital/Dallas VA Hospital Dallas, TX July 1976 - July 1979 **Board Certifications** Internal Medicine Emergency Medicine **Last Positions with PeaceHealth** Executive Director and Architect of, PeaceHealth Center for Innovation Co-Medical Director of Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE), Order sets, and Decision Support for PeaceHealth Chief Medical Officer, VP Clinical Information and Quality Improvement, St. Joseph Medical Center, Bellingham Washington (1996 – 2012)
Lead Corporate Program Developer: PeaceHealth Center for Innovation (2010-2012) # Emergency Medicine Experience Emergency Department Externship, 1974-1976 Community Hospital, Indianapolis, IN Emergency Dept. Physician and Director Mesquite Community Hospital Mesquite, TX 1979-1980 Emergency Dept. Physician St. Luke's Hospital Bellingham, WA 1980-1989 Emergency Dept. Physician St. Joseph Hospital Bellingham, WA 1989-1996 University Clinic Experience Western Washington University Health Clinic Bellingham, WA 1979 – 1985
# Consulting Experience * Pinnacle Health, Harrisburg, PA (April-June 2013) * Jackson Care Connect, Medford Oregon (Oct. 2013 – 2014) * Better Health Together five county health integration design. 2014-1015 * Whatcom Community College (2014 – 2015) * Mount Baker Foundation formation (2017 * Support to ReGenerate Sonora Foundation, Superior, AZ (May 2022 - Present)
# Appointments and Elections Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine St. Luke's Hospital, Bellingham, WA 1985 Instructor in EMT training, 1980-1996 Physician Coordinator, Whatcom County EMT 1985-1987 Western Washington University Foundation Executive Board Member, 2000-2008 Board member Whatcom Alliance for Health Care Advancement 2001-2018 Steering Committee member 2011-2018 Technical Sub Committee member 2011-2012 Board Member, P4Medicine Institute 2011-2013 Washington State Health Information Advisory Board—Board Member 2004-2008 Washington State Community HIE Oversight Board—Board Member 2010-2012 # Program Development Program Developer St. Luke's Trauma Program, and Co-chairman, Trauma Committee, St. Luke's Hospital 1987-1989 Medical Director, Program Developer, and Lecturer, Paramedic Training Program Bellingham Fire Department / Bellingham Technical College 1991-1996 Regional Physician Director Community Health Record Project Co-chair and Assistant to Corporate Physician Director of Community Health Record Project March 1994 - 2012 Medical Director and Developer Whatcom Integrated Delivery System (Risk bearing, county-wide, all provider PHO) 1994-1996 Chairman and Program Developer Whatcom Community Health Improvement Consortium (CHIC) County-wide Provider, Payer, Public Health Collaborative 1996-2001 Developer, Executive Director and Board Member Whatcom Health Information Network (HInet) Financially self-sustaining community-wide secure intranet - Regional health Information Organization (CHIN-RHIO-HIE) 1996-2013 Executive Director Pursuing Perfection Program Dramatically improve chronic care in America and lead development of community-based patient centric personal health record 2000-2006 # Executive Responsibilities: Regional Vice President of Clinical Information, Quality, Special Projects and Medical Affairs St. Joseph Medical Center, PeaceHealth Bellingham, WA March 1996- 2012 # Development of 1) PeaceHealth’s Community Health Record, 2) Northwest Regional Lab, 3) Education Department and Quality Department, 4) Community-wide clinical information infrastructure, and 5) Community-wide clinical improvement organization, 6) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pursuing Perfection Project for PeaceHealth & Whatcom County, 7) PeaceHealth’s Regional Laboratories into a single organization, 8) PeaceHealth’s Center for Innovation, 9) Consultancy for whole community transformation of health # Examinations and Certifications Successfully Completed FLEX, 1976 American Board of Internal Medicine, 1980 to present American Board of Emergency Medicine, 1987 to present ACLS, 1994 ATLS, 1995 PALS, 1995 # Advanced Training Program in Health Care Improvement, Intermountain Health Care, 1995 PIMS I & II # Licensure Washington State, 1979 Texas, 1976 # Membership American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), 1995-2005 # Papers and Presentations (upon request)