Edmund Billings, MD - Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President, Product
Dr. Edmund Billings was a pioneer in the development of electronic medical records (EMR) and
is a seasoned healthcare information technology (IT) entrepreneur. In 2007 Edmund
co-founded Open Health Data, an Open Source company formed to leverage the
transition of healthcare data from creation and sharing to use and reuse.
Several years prior he co-founded Billings Brand Development, a firm focused on
improving physician practices through information technology and practice
automation solutions. During this period, Edmund developed the Voice of the
Physician™ methodology, which drives the definition, validation, and adoption
of products by networks of physician practices. In 1988 Edmund co-founded
Oceania, a company that collaborated with Kaiser Permanente to pioneer EMR
design and technology. He has also served as Chief Medical Officer for both
adam.com and Precurrence, two San Francisco-based development partners focused
on the syndication of multimedia health content. Edmund trained in general
surgery at the University of California, San Diego, and practiced emergency
medicine for several years at Kaiser Permanente. A graduate of the University
of Vermont College of Medicine, Edmund completed post-doctoral fellowships at
Massachusetts General Hospital and the Shriners Burn Institute. He earned his
bachelors degree focused on premedical training from Tufts University.