John Paganini

About John Paganini

President of Paguar Informatics Inc, AI training and consulting firm, healthcare IT, innovation and business development, project management services.Co-Chair Northern Ohio HIMSS AI Center of Excellence in HealthcareFounder of Autovision Studios, AI-powered automotive photographyPrevious RolesCEO of CrewTracker Software. Comprehensive process improvement solution designed to manage the business operations for Snow and Ice Management organizations and other service related industries.Founder of IoT Directions, which is focused on systems design and strategic road-maps for implementation of the Internet of Things and Blockchain.CEO and Co-Founder at DinkerBop which makes a simple radio for people living with dementia. Strategic partner with Vidagos Advisors - providing direction and guidance to healthcare organizations develop and implement enterprise imaging strategy.Chief Strategy Officer of Everyone Makes Progress (EmP). A blockchain-based solution that puts the power of data into the hands of users. EmP collects data from fitness apps, wearables and equipment.Over 35 years of startups, IT and healthcare information systems experience, respected authority in healthcare informatics and industry spokesperson. Previously managed cybersecurity, interoperability, analytics initiatives, operations, and logistics of the HIMSS Innovation Center in the Global Center for Health Innovation in downtown Cleveland.Consulting engagements include University Hospitals and Cleveland Clinic. Enterprise Imaging, immunization integration, AMD-focused tele-ophthalmology, CVS MinuteClinic EMR integration, IBM Watson integration and large-scale project management.Experience includes the marketing, product strategy and tactical product management at Applied Visual Sciences Inc. for radiology informatics, image management, AI-based visualization technologies in digital microscopy/pathology for tuberculosis detection in South Africa.Co-founder of RIS Logic, Inc - Responsible for operations, applications development, database design and systems architecture, design of HL-7 engine and integrated DICOM services. Grew the business from three employees and $0 revenues to a value of more than $12 million when it was acquired by Merge and recently by IBM.Previous positions include General Manager for IBS International Corporation\'s Singapore subsidiary, CIO of the Document Technologies Group in Rochester, NY, and helped grow the startup company grow from seven to 50 employees. In 1995, developed one of the first electronic medical record systems called MediMate (C).

Experience

1. President Owner

   Paguar Informatics, Inc

   Nov 2002 — Present · Cleveland, OH, US

   ConsultingBusiness Planning/StrategyEnterprise ImagingInternet of ThingsBlockchainInnovation DevelopmentHealthcare ITSystems ArchitectureProject ManagementSoftware DesignImplementationEvent Creation and ManagementHealthcare MarketingPatient Experience

Education

• Lakeland Community College

  Associate's degree, Data Processing

  1979 — 1981

• University of Phoenix

  MBA, Health care Management

  2005 — 2007

• Lake Erie College

  Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Organizational Management

  1981 — 1983

Skills

• Leadership
• Start-Ups
• Software Documentation
• Practice Management
• Medical Imaging
• Program Management
• Ambulatory
• Epic Systems
• Emr
• Databases
• Hl7
• Revenue Cycle
• Hl7 Standards
• Medical Devices
• Clinical Research
• Ehr
• U.s. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (Hipaa)
• Healthcare
• Health Information Exchange
• Software Implementation
• Informatics
• Healthcare Consulting
• Pacs
• Ihe
• Cpoe
• Picture Archiving and Communication System (Pacs)
• Integration
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Radiology
• Electronic Medical Record (Emr)
• Consulting
• Meditech
• Project Management
• Healthcare Management
• Hospitals
• Strategy
• Product Management
• Ris
• Software Development
• Dicom