Dr. Sam Bierstock is a nationally recognized authority on healthcare clinical information systems in both the ambulatory and hospital environments, specializing in physician adoption of clinical technologies.

• Originator of the concept of "Thoughtflow®" (as opposed to' "Workflow") as the essential driving force in successful physician acceptance of clinical information systems.
• Former Vice President of Medical Affairs for Eclipsys Corporation, a leading national vendor of hospital information systems, supporting the company's ongoing professional relations with client hospital medical staffs, the ongoing development of Eclipsys' internal medical staff, and program development to assist the adoption of clinical technologies by clinicians.
• Former Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for IBM Corporation and Healthlink, Inc., a highly respected company providing consultative services to hospitals investing in, and implementing state-of-the-art computer technologies.
• Dr. Bierstock is an international lecturer on HIT issues
• Author of a reference book on computerization of the medical office and more than 70 published articles in major medical journals. Including contributing author to Merriam-Webster's "Medical Office Handbook," for the chapter on computers in the medical office
• Advisory board member of several healthcare information technology publications and organizations, including the E-Medicine Advisory Board of the American Medical Association
• Founder and president of Champions in Healthcare, LLC www.championsinhealthcare.com , a federation of nationally respected physician informaticists.

Dr. Bierstock founded Computer Consultants for Professionals, Inc., a firm designed to assist physicians in selecting and maximizing efficiency in the use of information technology in the ambulatory clinical environment.

• Co-Founder founder of the Millennial Group developed to provide healthcare industry consulting services and to serve as a "think-tank" regarding current and future issues in the dynamically changing world of healthcare delivery.
• More than 20 years of clinical and surgical practice experience
• contributing editor, author or editorial consultant for approximately 20 publications
• An accomplished musician and acclaimed song-writer, he has also attained national recognition for his work in paying tribute to our aging veterans, with speaking and entertaining engagements all over the United States and on national television and radio, and at national events.
• 2007 recipient of the prestigious George Washington Honor Medal, Freedoms Foundation for responsible citizenship for his work in honoring our aging veterans of WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. In receiving this award, Dr. Bierstock joins the ranks of past distinguished award recipients:
  • 1998 - Chief Justice William Rehnquist
  • 1982 - Chief Justice Warren Burger
  • 1979 - Dr. Alton Ochsner
  • 1977 - Lowell Thomas

Speaking and Event Entertainment Topics:

Thoughtflow® versus Workflow - the Essential Key to Clinician Adoption The "Missing Ingredient" in clinical information systems How to engage clinicians and keep them engaged Hearing the "Here's What We Need" message from the trenches

The Physician Adoption Blues - and why the Industry has had it ALL WRONG Listening to everyone except clinicians The corporate versus the clinical view truly understanding how clinicians think.

Real Time Medicine. The "other side" of the Quality Chasm - Just what are we in for? A whole new world of thinking and acting The medical-legal Pandora's Box.

Dr. Sam and Managed Care Blues Band

Since 1996, Dr. Sam has performed all over the US with the most unique form of entertainment in the healthcare industry. With his professional band, good-natured humor and satirical lyrics dealing with leading edge healthcare issues, he has taken on managed care, frivolous lawsuits - and now is delighting audiences dealing with the transition to electronic medical records with his engaging "Electronic Musical Records Review" show. If you're in the healthcare arena, you'll enjoy Dr. Sam's "Might As Well Face It - Paper Won't Be Here Long" as an example.