Drew Nelson
Digital Health & Interoperability Leader
- Role
- Engineering Program Manager - Digital Health Healthcare Interoperability at Medtronic
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Drew Nelson
I began my career as an Emergency Department and ICU nurse at a Level 1 Trauma Center, where I experienced firsthand the cognitive load and documentation burden that define modern nursing. Today, I lead enterprise digital health initiatives at Medtronic, overseeing scalable HL7v2 and FHIR integrations that connect devices and applications directly into hospital EHR systems. Across roles, from implementing real-time, EHR-integrated patient classification systems to building an enterprise interoperability platform, my focus has remained consistent: translate frontline workflow realities into secure, scalable technology that reduces clinical friction, lowers documentation burden, and earns clinician adoption.
Experience
Engineering Program Manager - Digital Health Healthcare Interoperability
Feb 2025 — Present · Milwaukee, WI, US
Lead Medtronic’s enterprise Interoperability Platform — a cloud-native integration and transformation layer standardizing healthcare data exchange across global Operating Units.Responsible for scaling secure, reusable interoperability capabilities that connect medical devices, AI-driven applications, and digital health platforms directly into hospital EHR systems worldwide.Drive enterprise alignment across engineering, clinical, regulatory, security, and commercial stakeholders while maintaining strict governance, budget discipline, and validated release execution.Focused on transforming interoperability from project-based integrations into a strategic enterprise growth enabler.
Education
Mercy College of Health Sciences
Associate's Degree, Nursing
2004 — 2006
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Bachelor of Science (BS), Nursing
2010 — 2011
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Marketing, Business
1999 — 2002
Skills
- Trend Analysis
- Medical-Surgical
- Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Treatment
- Nursing
- Acls
- Hospitals
- Solution Selling
- Critical Care
- Data Analysis
- Epic Systems
- Healthcare
- Medical/Surgical
- Coaching
- Regulatory Affairs
- Ccrn
- Emergency Room
- Pals
- Bls
- Patient Safety
- Medicine
- Icu
- Medical Devices
- Tncc
- Acute Care
- Inpatient
- Project Management
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