Jason Hess, KLAS General Manager of Clinical research: Jason has thirteen years of experience in Business development Marketing, Consulting and Sales, including seven years working with the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries where he earned several national performance awards. He is responsible for all clinical research at KLAS. Jason has worked with hundreds of CIOs healthcare providers and vendor executives in keeping a pulse on the performance of Healthcare IT. His main areas of expertise include: Health Information Exchanges, CPOE, Pharmacy, Surgery Management, Lab Emergency department, Smart Infusion pumps, Mobile Healthcare Solutions and others. Jason is a frequent contributor to several healthcare publications including: Healthcare IT News, Healthcare Informatics, Health Data management and Inside Healthcare Computing. Jason is a repeat presenter at HIMSS national and state events, TEPR and other national conferences. Jason is a HIMSS Fellow. Jason has a degree in International Relations from Brigham Young University and MBA from the University of UTAH.