Kathleen Connor
Title
Principal Program Manager
Organization
Microsoft Health Solutions Group
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Bio
Kathleen Connor is a Principal Program Manager for the Microsoft Health Solutions Group where she provides expertise on health standards for Microsoft HealthVault and Amalga products. She has worked in the health policy arena for over 15 years and in health IT for 10 years, and is keenly aware of their interdependencies.
Kathleen actively participates in health standards development, and is a cochair and modeling facilitator at HL7, a member of HITSP Security and Privacy Technical Committee, and has served as past cochair of workgroups at X12 and WEDI.
Previous to her employment with Microsoft, Kathleen worked for FOX Systems, a healthcare consultancy in Scottsdale, Arizona, and provided consulting services to state health programs, HHS, CMSO, and SAMHSA. While at FOX, she participated in the development of the Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA), and assisted with state HIPAA and MITA assessments. Before moving to the private sector, Kathleen held policy and IT positions at the Washington State Department of Health and Human Services and Office of the Insurance Commissioner. She has a Master in Public Administration from The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, where she currently resides with her family.
Kathleen actively participates in health standards development, and is a cochair and modeling facilitator at HL7, a member of HITSP Security and Privacy Technical Committee, and has served as past cochair of workgroups at X12 and WEDI.
Previous to her employment with Microsoft, Kathleen worked for FOX Systems, a healthcare consultancy in Scottsdale, Arizona, and provided consulting services to state health programs, HHS, CMSO, and SAMHSA. While at FOX, she participated in the development of the Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA), and assisted with state HIPAA and MITA assessments. Before moving to the private sector, Kathleen held policy and IT positions at the Washington State Department of Health and Human Services and Office of the Insurance Commissioner. She has a Master in Public Administration from The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, where she currently resides with her family.