NCQA's Digital Quality Expert Series: Digital Transition Preparedness with Astrata
May 14, 2025, 1:00 pm
NCQA’s Digital Quality Expert Series: Digital Transition Preparedness with Astrata
Description:
Join Astrata and NCQA on May 14 at 1:00 PM for the first session in NCQA’s new series, featuring digital transition experts!
In this webinar, Astrata’s co-founders, Rebecca Jacobson, CEO, and Girish Chavan, CTO, will walk through the essential steps of successfully preparing for and implementing health care’s digital transition.
This webinar will cover:
- The FHIR® Data Strategy. An overview of FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) and how to develop a comprehensive data strategy.
- CQL Engine Plan and Workflow Integration. Insights on integrating the CQL engine into workflows to ensure a smooth transition and better quality measurement.
- Pain Points and Opportunities. Common challenges encountered during the digital transition, and strategies for avoiding potential pitfalls.
- ROI and Leadership Buy-In. How to demonstrate value, build a compelling business case and gain senior leadership buy-in for digital quality investment.
Organizations at all stages of the digital transition can learn actionable insights for their journey!
Speakers
Dr. Rebecca Jacobson is the visionary co-founder, CEO, and President of Astrata, a groundbreaking digital quality company revolutionizing healthcare measurement. With over 25 years of experience as both a physician and informaticist, she is at the forefront of the shift to value-based care. A pioneer in Natural Language Processing, Dr. Jacobson previously served as Vice President of Analytics at UPMC Enterprises and as a Professor of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. An elected fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics, she actively contributes to the National Quality Forum’s AI in Quality Measures Technical Expert Panel and the NCQA Industry Council, shaping the future of healthcare quality.
Sponsored by NCQA
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Girish Chavan is the Co-founder and CTO of Astrata. He has over 22 years of experience building products using NLP and Machine Learning. Prior to founding Astrata, Girish was the Senior Director of Product Management at UPMC Enterprises, the investment and innovation arm of UPMC. He was also the co-founder of Veralytics Inc., a healthcare NLP/ML startup. Girish is a Pittsburgh 40 Under 40 honoree and holds a Master’s degree in Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh.
Allison Lance is Director of the Digital Quality Community at NCQA. With 20 years of experience across health care sectors—including payers, health IT, and care delivery—her expertise spans market strategy, population health, and quality improvement. She holds an MHA from the University of Maryland and a bachelor’s from Missouri State University. Based in Chievres, Belgium, she enjoys travel and volunteers with the military family community.