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About the Company

Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) is a multi-institutional health care system comprised of 14 hospitals and an integrated physician network across Illinois and Wisconsin. As our name implies, we are a healing ministry guided by the historic mission of the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis. At the same time, we are firmly grounded in modern best practices.

About the Person

Ray Gensinger, Jr., MD is the Chief Medical Information Officer for Fairview Health Services, an integrated delivery network, in Minnesota. Dr. Gensinger is also a general internist and holds an appointment as an Assistant Professor in Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Gensinger is an Associate of the American College of Physicians, a Fellow and Certified Professional of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. As the CMIO for Fairview, Dr. Gensinger is responsible for the clinical information technology strategy for the company. He has held similar roles at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. In his role, Dr. Gensinger chairs the Information Technology Steering Committee as well as provides oversight for all other clinical information acquisitions and decisions that are made at Fairview. He is the Chair elect of the Minnesota Epic Users Group and serves on the Minnesota e-Health Initiative Advisory Committee. He is a Past President for the Minnesota Chapter of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and has served as a Director for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society 2004-07. Dr. Gensinger has authored or presented on over 30 different healthcare information systems related topics and was recently received a Healthcare Informatics Innovator Award in September, 2006. As an undergraduate at Illinois Wesleyan University, Dr. Gensinger studied biology. He moved to Southern Illinois University School of Medicine for his medical school, internship and residency training. During medical school and residency, Dr. Gensinger was involved in medical education and the development of a Problem Based Learning Curriculum. After residency, Dr. Gensinger served as a Chief of Residents in Internal Medicine followed by two years on the clinical faculty. In 1994, part of his time was spent at the Baylor College of Medicine pursuing postdoctoral studies in Medical Informatics.