Laura McCrary

Dr. Laura McCrary is the President and CEO of the Kansas Health Information Network, Inc. (KHIN) and its d/b/a KONZA. KHIN/KONZA is a Kansas not for profit organization that provides health information exchange services, a clinical enterprise data warehouse, aggregated data services, data conversion, clinical alerting, quality reporting and analytics for medical Societies, HIEs and healthcare providers across the nation.

Laura completed Post-Doctoral work at Kansas University and a Doctorate of Education from Kansas State University. Laura served as an adjunct professor at Rockhurst University-Helzberg School of Management and taught courses in Health Information Technology and Quality. Laura is the Past-Chair of the National Policy Steering Committee for eHealth Initiative and the Past-Co-chair of the Advisory Board for the Sequoia Project. Laura served on the Governance Group for the National Syndromic Surveillance System.

The KONZA National Network partners with healthcare providers, integrated delivery networks, independent practice associations, accountable care organizations, health plans, and others who face the challenges of the new healthcare marketplace and value-based payment structures. Providing health information exchange services in Kansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, New Jersey and Connecticut (as well as a multitude of connections nationwide), KONZA is renowned as one of the largest, most successful HIEs in the country