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Sheldon I. Dorenfest, C.P.A., M.B.A., President of the Dorenfest Group, is one of the world's foremost experts in health care systems improvement. He has consulted with the governments of the USA, France, England, Australia, and Canada on health care issues. As President and CEO of Sheldon I. Dorenfest & Associates, Ltd. from 1976 to 2004, Mr. Dorenfest personally directed the research involved in compiling THE DORENFEST INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM+ (IHDS+) DATABASETM and its predecessor THE DORENFEST 3000+ DATABASETM until its sale to HIMSS Analytics in 2004. Mr. Dorenfest now is a member of the Board of Directors of HIMSS. He recently created, in conjunction with the HIMSS Foundation, The Dorenfest Institute for Health Information Technology Research and Education to provide free data to universities, students, and government agencies around the world. Mr. Dorenfest has personally consulted with over 300 hospitals on a worldwide basis to help them strategize, select and implement improved information systems. He has also worked with over 200 HIT suppliers to help them improve their understanding of the HIT market, shape new product strategies and better serve their customers. Prior to 1976, he was the Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Compucare and Director of Corporate Business Consulting Services for Abbott Laboratories. From 1962 to 1969, he served in a variety of positions at Abbott Laboratories, a major marketer of healthcare products. As Director, Corporate Business Consulting Services at Abbott, he led an internal consulting group that dealt with major business acquisitions, divestitures, and improvements. As Assistant to the President of the Abbott Hospital Division, he formulated and implemented major portions of the division’s strategic and product plans. A frequent contributor to professional journals in the financial, data processing, and healthcare fields, Mr. Dorenfest has been a contributing editor to Modern Healthcare, Health Management Technology, and the National Report on Computers and Health. He has also spoken before numerous professional groups and meetings (national IBM user groups, ACHE, AHA, AHIMA, ECHO, HFMA, HIMSS, HISSG, SCAMC, and VHA). He is listed in Who's Who in Finance and Industry in the United States and Who's Who in the Midwest. Mr. Dorenfest has been widely published in industry publications such as Health Management Technology, Healthcare Executives, Healthcare Informatics, Hospitals and Health Networks, Modern Healthcare, and National Report on Computers and Health. Mr. Dorenfest holds a B.S. (with honors) in accountancy from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University. He is also a certified public accountant.
Grace Yu is the Principal for Hospital Consulting & Services for the Dorenfest China Healthcare Group. In the past 2 years, Grace has developed a market study of the healthcare industry in China by visiting over 100 hospitals in 17 cities and examining healthcare services in these cities and reviewing hospital management and operation issues. She has been instrumental in developing the company's strategy for hospital operation improvement in China. She has managed and completed several consulting projects in hospital investment, hospital I.T. consulting, hospital operation improvement, digital hospital and regional health network planning. She serves as the project manager for the Shenzhen Health Bureau project in which the Dorenfest Group was engaged to assist in regional health network planning and digital hospital planning. She has given many presentations in China to audience of Chinese healthcare professionals. Grace is a native Chinese. She graduated from Fudan University. She is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Chicago.
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