NickPatelMD

Summary

• Dr. Patel serves as the Chief Digital Officer at Prima Health and Vice Chair for Innovation at USC Department of Medicine in South Carolina. Prisma Health is the largest, most comprehensive, locally owned, non-profit hospital system in South Carolina. He also continues to practice as an internal medicine physician for the past sixteen years. Dr. Patel has given multiple presentations around the country ranging in topics from Healthcare IT transformation, governance, workflow enhancements, health equity, telehealth, AI, and population health. Spearheaded the largest, first-of-its-kind Microsoft Surface pilot in the nation to improve physician workflow, published in the International Journal of Medical Informatics. Played an instrumental role in the acquisition of over $24 million of venture capital funding for healthcare start-up companies. Previously as the medical group’s CMIO, he co-led efforts in the optimization and integration of Epic and Cerner at Prisma Health. Recognized as a leader in defining and articulating a unique vision on the utilization and development of technology in healthcare. Because of his industry contributions, he currently serves on multiple healthcare advisory boards including HP Inc., University of South Carolina College of Engineering and Computer Science, Kyruus, Perfect Serve, and Fraunhofer USA. Subject matter expert for multiple Fortune 500 tech companies, such as Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, and Intel. He also has served as principal investigator on multiple IRB approved IT studies in conjunction with USC. Holds a clinical faculty position at the USC School of Medicine department of internal medicine and USC School of Engineering and Computing. He is also one of two physicians in the world who have been awarded Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional Award. Also recently named Top 20 Chief Digital Officers to know in 2020 by Becker’s Hospital Review.