Chair of CEN/TC 251 Health Informatics, Netherlands
Dr. Robert A. Stegwee is a consultant for Health Informatics, based in the Netherlands. His passion is in meHealth: improving the healthcare experience from a healthcare consumer and professional perspective. He has been involved in healthcare IT in different capacities since 1993, starting in a hospital environment and consulting in different sectors of healthcare, including at a national and international level. Aligning the technological achievements with the organizational dynamics within healthcare is an especially rewarding challenge, as improving the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare benefits us all. Healthcare interoperability standards form a topic that is at the heart of effective multivendor architectures as appropriate in healthcare. Robert has participated in the development of the Health Level 7 standards and currently serves as member of the board of HL7 The Netherlands, Chair of CEN/TC 251 Health Informatics, and member of Joint Initiative Council on Global Health Informatics Standardization.
