Sam Kelley, President
Dr. Samuel Kelley began his involvement with health information technology in the mid 1980s when he developed a custom program marketing retail pharmacies to patients using information obtained from pharmacy health screenings. Later in the 1980s Sam moved to Auburn University and participated in the development of an award winning patient counseling “robot” funded by the United States Pharmacopeial Convention under the direction of Bill Felkey. During the 1990’s Sam acquired a PhD in Management from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and taught business strategy, marketing strategy, and international marketing at Indiana University Southeast, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Helsinki School of Economics and International Business, and the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University Bloomington. Sam’s research and writing focused on innovation management in multinational corporations. He frequently used computerized business simulations to provide students with a “hands on” approach to management. In 2003, Sam returned to the healthcare arena and has sold his services to CVS, Target, Wal-Mart, and Bloomington Hospital (Bloomington, IN). Sam has developed expertise in indigent care programs, telepharmacy, medication safety, and issues in rural healthcare. He is currently Director of Pharmacy at Dunn Memorial Hospital in Bedford, Indiana and has served as President of the Board of Directors at Healthlinc since 2009.
Mark McMath, Secretary/Treasurer
Mark McMath joined Bloomington Hospital as Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) in 2003. He began his career with IBM in Illinois and returned to the Midwest from Connecticut where he served as Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Clinical Laboratory Partners, a provider of diagnostic testing and information and laboratory management services. He also served as Chief Information Officer for Hamilton Health Care System in Georgia.
Under his leadership, Bloomington Hospital completed and is currently implementing an enterprise wide strategic information technology plan. This plan is centered around further improving the quality, safety, coordination and efficiency of the care the health system provides to the communities it serves in the 10 county South Central Indiana region.
Mark holds a Bachelors of Science degree in management science from Purdue University and is a member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, and the American College of Healthcare Executives. Active in the local community, Mark serves as treasurer of the HealthLINC information exchange board and as treasurer of the board of Martha’s House, an emergency shelter for adults. He also serves on the City of Bloomington’s Digital Underground Advisory Committee.
Pete Grogg, MHA
Pete has worked throughout the health care industry since 1989. Academically, he holds a Masters of Health Administration from Indiana University and a Bachelors degree in Political Science and Economics from the University of Southern Indiana.
Since 2001, Pete has served as the Associate Director of the Indiana University Health Center (IUHC). At IUHC, he has chief operational responsibility at this ambulatory care center which provides medical and behavioral health care services to the students of Indiana University. Throughout his tenure at IUHC, Pete has overseen a dramatic shift in the use of technology for administrative workflow and clinical workflow. Most recently, the Health Center has implemented a more consumer-oriented IT policy by pushing more services out to its patients in the form of the IUHC Patient Portal. On the Patient Portal, students may access their personal health record (PHR), schedule an appointment, pay a bill, or refill a prescription. The Health Center anticipates tremendous operational efficiencies as a result.
In addition to Health Center duties, Pete is also leading the Health Center’s involvement in consumer health informatics research. The Health Center has partnered with the Center for Research on Mediated Interaction and the School of Applied Health Sciences to develop applications which facilitate greater consumer engagement in their own healthcare and health literacy.
Since the beginning, Pete has been actively involved in the development and success of HealthLINC and its predecessor, the Bloomington E-Health Collaborative. In addition to HealthLINC, he also serves on the Board of Directors for the Indiana Chapter of HIMSS. Pete also served as Co-Chair of the Cost Workgroup which contributed to the HIMSS “A Call to Action: Enabling HealthCare Reform Using Information Technology”.
Paul Johnson
Dr. Paul E Johnson is a practicing Otolaryngologist with ENT Associates of Southern Indiana, P.C. He joined ENT Associates in July of 2003. Dr. Johnson earned his BA from Hanover College in 1994 graduating cum laude with a major in Business Administration and a minor in chemistry. He graduated with Honors from the Indiana University School of Medicine in 1998. While at Indiana he was elected to the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. After Medical School, Dr. Johnson completed his Otolaryngology training at the Wake Forest University/Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. Dr. Johnson served as a Chief Resident in Otolaryngology from 2002-2003.
In addition to a busy clinical practice, Dr. Johnson has become very involved in administrative activities in the Bloomington medical community. He served as Chief of Surgery at Bloomington Hospital for 2008 and 2009. In 2010 he will become Chief of Staff-Elect moving into this role as chief of staff in 2012. He is also the current managing partner of ENT Associates, as well as a member of the board of the directors and medical staff president of the Southern Indiana Surgery Center.
Dr. Johnson is a fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The American College of Surgeons, and is a member of the Indiana State Medical Association and Monroe/Owen County Medical Society.
In his spare time Dr. Johnson enjoys golf, running, rooting for the Hoosiers, Colts and Cubs. He also enjoys time with his wonderful wife Heather and sons Reid and Rhett.
Robert Wrenn, M.D.
Robert Wrenn is a 1967 graduate of Indiana University, with an AB in Zoology. He attended the Indiana University School of Medicine, which is where he received his Medical Degree. His internship and Residency both took place at Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis. In 1975 he joined with his father-in-law’s practice, which subsequently formed the group that became part of Aegis Women’s Healthcare. He sees patients at the McIntire Drive office as well as the Bedford location. He is certified with the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He belongs to the American Medical Association, the Indiana State Medical Association, and the American Fertility Society. He is a Clinical Assistant of OB/GYN at Indiana University School of Medicine. He is the former president of the Monroe- Owen County Medical Society, and has been section chief of Obstetrics and Gynecologists at Bloomington Hospital. He is a Certified Clinical Densitometrist. Dr. Wrenn is the middle of three children, born in Momence, Illinois. He is the father of three children: David, a realtor; Jennifer, an OB-GYN Physician in Columbus Ohio; and Jeremy, a musician and IT Administrator. His wife, Ann, is an active volunteer and support person for her family and medical families. His hobbies include golf, photography, underwater photography, scuba, and woodworking.
