Dr. Emory Fry, MD
Cognitive Medical Systems - Founder & Chief Medical Informatics Officer

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Dr. Fry, a neonatal intensive care specialist by training, has over 15 years of experience in the design and development of enterprise clinical information systems for the Department of Defense. 

With a particular interest in cognitive science and workflow optimization, Dr. Fry was the Principle Investigator for numerous research initiatives in Clinical Decision Support (CDS), the original architect for the Military Health System’s Nationwide Health Information Network program during 2008-2009, and the Technical Director for the Department of Defense Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record demonstrations in San Diego, 2010.

Dr. Fry retired from active service in 2012, and is a founder and the Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Cognitive Medical Systems in San Diego, CA.
Dr. Fry will discuss the role of information technology in enabling
organizations to create cognitive environments conducive to the delivery of quality healthcare, highlighting synergies that can arise when workflow, decision-making, and resources are optimally aligned.

He will introduce Socratic Grid, an emerging open source Clinical Decision Support (CDS) platform providing a living laboratory for exploring the knowledge management, business intelligence and predictive analytic technologies required for advanced cognitive and workflow support.

Dr. Fry will argue that open-source, standards-based knowledge management architectures that can be integrated with diverse health information systems are essential to improving care and delivering quality healthcare at scale.