Public Policy Powerhouse - CHIME's Advocacy in Washington

Scott T. MacLean is senior vice president and chief information officer at MedStar Health. He is responsible for the leadership and vision of Information Services (IS) in support of clinical, research and academic, and administrative functions across the system. Starting his career at General Electric, MacLean joined MedStar Health with more than 25 years of experience in Information Technology (IT). Prior to MedStar Health, he was deputy chief information officer and director of IS Operations for Mass General Brigham in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was responsible for the core technology infrastructure and overall administration of the IS department. This role included oversight of the voice and data network, data centers, desktop support, and service desk for the Mass General Brigham hospitals and affiliated ambulatory practices. He oversaw the budget, space, communications, and Human Resources needs of a 1,200-person department. Previously, MacLean was chief information officer at Newton-Wellesley Hospital and a corporate director for Mass General Brigham, where he oversaw all information systems and telecommunications for Newton-Wellesley. While there, he led successful implementations of enterprise fiscal and administrative systems, several construction projects and prepared the hospital for meaningful use. During his tenure at Mass General Brigham, MacLean also served as director of Clinical Systems at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where he was responsible for systems related to patient safety, including physician order entry, Electronic Health Record (EHR), medication administration record and bar coding. He was corporate manager of the Mass General Brigham Oncology Service Line IT Program, an initiative to improve patient safety and cancer outcomes using computer systems. MacLean was board chair for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), and has written and spoken on technology in health care across the United States, Middle East and Asia. He is a past president of the New England Chapter of HIMSS and has served on the Ambulatory Steering and Foundation Scholarship Committees. He has been an item writer for the Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) exam. MacLean served as a charter member of the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise-USA (IHE-USA) Board of Directors and on an expert panel for the National Quality Forum. He has been on the HIMSS Analytics Board of Directors. MacLean received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Clemson University and a Master of Business Administration in healthcare management from Boston University.

Cassie Leonard is the Director of Congressional Affairs at the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). Before coming to CHIME, she served as Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-LA) health care legislative assistant. In that role, she managed the Senator’s work on the Senate Budget Committee and the Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee. Prior to Sen. Kennedy’s office, Cassie was a legislative assistant for Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), handling the Congressman’s work on the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee. Cassie holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Affairs from the University of Georgia and resides in the Washington, DC area with her husband and their dog Emmett.