WilliamEdwardCrounseMD

Summary

• Bill Crounse, MD, was Senior Director, Worldwide Health for the Microsoft Corporation. See ( https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/healthblog/2016/01/05/the-next-chapter-microsoft-and-digital-technologies-in-health-and-healthcare-delivery/ ) He was responsible for providing worldwide thought leadership, vision, and strategy for Microsoft technologies and solutions in the health industry. Prior to joining Microsoft, Dr. Crounse was Senior Vice President, CIO and Chief Medical Information Officer for Overlake Hospital Medical Center and the Overlake Venture Center in Bellevue, Washington. He is also the co-founder of a technology company dedicated to improving information exchange and connectivity between physicians and their patients.
  
  Dr. Crounse is known internationally for his work in medical communications and information technology. He was the executive producer, creator and host of the on-line video series Microsoft Health Tech Today. He was the founder and primary contributor to Microsoft’s HealthBlog. He is also known for his work in television broadcasting through the many years he was affiliated with ABC Network News, Lifetime Medical Television, Discovery, Medical News Network and other outlets. Prior to joining Overlake Hospital in 1995, Dr. Crounse was a physician and medical executive with Virginia Mason Medical Center and Group Health in Seattle. He received his B.S. Degree at the University of Puget Sound and is a graduate of the Medical University of Ohio. As a board certified family physician, he practiced medicine in the Seattle area for 20 years.