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Dr. Sam Bierstock is a nationally recognized expert in healthcare industry issues, recognized for his keen insight on where the industry is headed and what its needs will be in the future. Physician, Professional Musician (Harmonicologist), Entertainer, and Medical Informaticist, Radio and Television co-host, Dr. Sam Bierstock has been delivering his keynotes and his "music with a message" and entertaining at professional conferences, corporate meetings, conventions and political events in more than 40 states since 1996.

Dr. Sam Bierstock has been featured in leading national publications such as People Magazine and USA Today, and such national radio and television venues as CNN, FOX TV, CNN, and National Public Radio. Dr. Bierstock was the Chief Medical Officer at IBM and Chief Medical Officer at Healthlink, Inc, where he specialized in innovative approaches to hospital and ambulatory clinical information technology, and is the originator of the concept of “Thoughtflow TM” as opposed to “Workflow” as the key to successful clinician adoption. Additional roles have included VP of Medical Affairs, Eclipsys Corporation; President, Computer Consultants for Professionals, Inc; Founder & Principal, The Millenial Group - Healthcare Thinktank & Strategies Services; and practicing physician and surgeon 1977-1992 (Internal Medicine & Ophthalmology.

Dr. Sam Bierstock is the founder of Champions in Healthcare, a leading edge informatics consulting firm which specializes in helping the healthcare industry create electronic medical records that will be accepted and used by physicians (physician adoption of technology) and other clinicians (clinician adoption). Champions in Healthcare is staffed by some of the nation’s leading medical physician and nurse informaticists.

Dr. Sam Bierstock’s Keynotes include:

Thoughtflow vesus 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 clinicials
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 work of thinking and acting
The medical-legal Pandora's Box

In addition to his keynote presentations, Dr. Sam Bierstock and his band The Managed Care Blues Band can provide a great musical show for a fun-filled evening. Using satirical lyrics, humor and music to draw attention to issues of significant impact to our country and to our society, the band provides a great musical show for a fun-filled evening. Though Dr. Sam Bierstock often identifies the band by the "issue of the day" that he addresses on his CDs or at live performances (such as Dr. Sam & the Frivolous Action Blues Band ®), the band is essentially always the same group of extraordinary musicians and entertainers that have backed up Dr. Sam Bierstock for more than 10 years. All of his band members are professional musicians who have successful careers of their own, and many tour with nationally known recording artists, contributing to an unforgettable evening of music guaranteed to tickle funny bones and inspire audiences to dance the night away. His CDs have been distributed to every member of the United States Congress. When he first launched the Managed Care Blues Band to national acclaim in 1996, among those lauding his efforts were President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and Iowa Representative Greg Ganske. Dr. Sam Bierstock's first CD "Minimal Service - CPT 99211" was the number two best selling blues CD by a new recording artist on Amazon.com.

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