Dr. Kevin M. Fickenscher

Kevin M. Fickenscher, M.D., CPE, FACPE, FAAFP is Chief Strategy and Development Officer, Dell Perot Systems – Healthcare, a major resource for healthcare management consulting and information integration with clients based throughout the world.
 
Kevin is a physician executive and leader with extensive experience in strategic and operational development in complex healthcare organizations. He has provided leadership for various organizations related to technology and information management, organizational transformation and development, physician management, health policy analysis, leadership development, clinical quality and resource/care management, among other areas. He is considered to be a dynamic, visionary leader in healthcare throughout the world.
 
Before assuming his International Healthcare leadership role within Perot Systems, he served as the National Director and Partner for Clinical Transformation within the Global Health Solutions Group at Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC). In addition, he has served as the Chief Medical Officer for a number of healthcare organizations, including: WebMD Corporation (NASDAQ: HLTH), Catholic Healthcare West — a regional healthcare system based in San Francisco, California; and, Aurora Health Care — in integrated health system in eastern Wisconsin.
 
Early in his career, Kevin pursued an academic career and served as the founder of The Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota, a nationally recognized program dedicated to rural health service, research, and policy analysis, and as the Assistant Dean and President/CEO of the Michigan State University/ Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, one of six campuses for the MSU College of Human Medicine.
 
Kevin exhibited leadership skills early in his career when he served as the President of the American Medical Student Association. He is a past member of the Providence Health System Board of Directors, the Catholic Health Initiatives Board of Stewardship Trustees, the Sisters of Charity Board of Directors, the Catholic Health Corporation Board (also, the first lay Chairperson of the Board), the Daou Systems, Inc. [NASDAQ: DAOU] Board, and the Health Forum Board of Directors. He has served as the President of the National Rural Health Association and in multiple other capacities with numerous national, state and local organizations.
 
He serves on the Board of Directors of the Health Research & Educational and Trust, an affiliate of the American Hospital Association, and recently served as a member of the AHA Task Force on Hospital Governance charged with identifying best practices in hospital governance for the healthcare industry. He serves on the Skylight Healthcare Systems Board of Directors, an information management company providing in-room communication and connectivity services for healthcare organizations.
 
In May 2007, Modern Healthcare ranked him as No. 12 among The 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives in Healthcare, 2007. He is a regular participant in discussions, debates, and presentations related to the future of healthcare throughout the world, including testimony before the U.S. Congress and participation in a variety of international healthcare forums. He was awarded a Kellogg National Fellowship [1985] by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and served as the Health Advisor to the 1988 Biden for President Campaign. The Healthcare Forum and Korn/Ferry International recognized him nationally as one of six Emerging Leaders in Healthcare for 1991. He was also a Regional Finalist for The White House Fellows Program; Recipient, North Dakota Leadership Award of Excellence; and, served on the Clinton healthcare task force reform efforts.
 
Kevin graduated from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine in 1978, obtained two years of family medicine training at the Residency Program in Social Medicine at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center in The Bronx, New York, and completed his last two years of training through the University of North Dakota, while concurrently developing a rural health program. He obtained his Family Practice Board-certification in 1982, and is a Certified Physician Executive and Fellow with the American College of Physician Executives and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
 
Kevin coauthored The Turnaround Imperative: A Leader’s Guide for Survival in a Turbulent Health Care Environment. His papers include Kevin Fickenscher on robotics and patient care, Kevin Fickenscher on collaborative IT leadership, The ADOPTS Framework: A New Model for Healthcare Transformation, Advancing Healthcare through the Application of Predictive Knowledge Management, The Value of Clinical Transformation: Better Information = Better Healthcare, and Critical Issues in a National Healthcare Discussion.
 
Listen to Healthcare Tech and the World: A Discussion About Quality Initiatives Pioneered at Ascension Health. Read An Exclusive Interview with Kevin Fickenscher, MD, Perot Systems EVP. Visit his LinkedIn page, his Twitter feed, his Facebook page, and his blog Washington Reports: This week’s news on Healthcare Reform and Health Information Technology.