Michael
H. Nusbaum, B.A.Sc.,
M.H.S.A., FHIMSS
Michael Nusbaum has been professionally active
in the field of health informatics for 30 years. Since 1983, he has been providing management
consulting services, in private practice, to a large variety of healthcare
provider, vendor and professional organizations. Prior to that, Michael held senior management
positions in both the B.C. and Alberta health ministries.
Michael holds a Masters of Health Administration
from the University of Alberta, together with a Bachelors degree in Industrial
Engineering from the University of Toronto.
Michael has taught extensively at a number of
post-secondary institutions (including UVIC, UBC and BCIT), in the fields
of health management and health informatics, in roles that include guest lecturer,
sessional lecturer, and Adjunct Assistant Professor.
Michael
has previously held the following professional appointments:
- President, Health Care Leaders' Association of B.C.,
- Vice-Chair, Vancouver Island Chapter of the Canadian College of Health Service
Executives,
- President, Washington State chapter of HIMSS,
- Chair, HIMSS EHR Steering Committee
- President, B.C. Health Information Management Professionals' Society,
- Director, COACH, Canada's Health Informatics Association
- Director, IHE International Board
- Member, Standards Collaborative Coordinating Committee